Monuments in Noord-Holland

R. Stenvert en C. Kolman (2006)

Gepubliceerd op 26-03-2018

The voorm. (Herv.) Oosterkerk in Hoorn

betekenis & definitie

(Grote Oost 60) [2], originally dedicated to St. Anthonis, is a one-pivoted cross church with five-sided closed choir and a roof rider. Around 1485 a one-aisled church would have replaced a wooden chapel. In 1519 the construction of the current late Gothic choir began, followed shortly by the transept. At the crossroads around 1600 the octagonal roof-rider with an open pear-shaped crown was placed.

In it is a clock cast by Ricout Butendiic (mid 15th century). After the front façade and part of the ship had collapsed in 1603, the ship was rebuilt in 1616, with the current Mannerist façade with sandstone niches, tires, aedicula and balustrade. The sandstone entrance gate is probably from the workshop of Hendrick de Keyser. In 1764, the pendant double-sided dial, which was fitted in 1688, was renewed and the roof-jib was reinforced constructively (renovated 1819 and 1911). The ship windows received pointed arch shapes in 1857-'61. The cast iron windows that were then introduced were replaced by brick traces during a restoration in 1978-81. The church was closed in 1995 and converted into a multifunctional center.

The interior is covered by wooden barrel vaults with draw beams; at the corners of the intersection, carved evangelist statues are visible (first half of the 16th century). The early-17th century inventory includes pulpit and doophek, two gentlemen's banks (1620 and 1622), a tour portal (1619), a stained-glass window (1620, restored in 1916) and a spiral staircase with maniaristian staircase balusters. In an organ case by J.H.H. Bätz (1764) is hidden by C.G.F. White built organ (1871).

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