Hervormde Kerk—[Saint Nicolaaskerk]

IJhorst Netherlands

Protestantse Kerk in Nederland (Reformed)

This 1823 this simple hall church replaced the older Saint Nicolaaskerk. The free-standing bellfry, klokkestoel, is in the church yard. Such wooden structures were sometimes built because they cost less than masonry towers, other times because the ground would not support the weight of a stone tower.

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