Sint Gertrudis church
Workum
On ‘De Merk’, you'll find ’Workum Cathedral’, Sint Gertrudis church. This is the largest late-Gothic cruciform church of Friesland, with the largest windows in all the province.
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On ‘De Merk’, you'll find ’Workum Cathedral’, Sint Gertrudis church. This is the largest late-Gothic cruciform church of Friesland, with the largest windows in all the province. It also contains beautiful choir pews which visitors admire, along with a unique choir screen dating from 1569 and stained glass windows.
But perhaps the most unique feature is the 12 funeral biers, exhibited in each side aisle. A funeral bier is actually no more than a (wooden) frame with carrying arms, on which a coffin was placed in order to be able to carry the deceased person. The funeral procession would follow the bier from the house of the deceased to the church. Most funeral biers had decorative painting and texts along their edges.
Until 1818, nine of the twelve biers belonged to the guilds, the so-called artisan associations. They are therefore referred to as guild biers. The decorative painting and sometimes also the texts on their edges show which guild the bier represents. There are biers for bakers, millers, carpenters, captains, surgeons and gentlemen farmers. The oldest guild bier dates from 1666. Three of the biers had no connection to a guild, and were therefore painted black. Two of these were used for residents of the village of Hennaard. The third is a so-called blind bier for drowned persons, suicide victims and public women.
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Snikzwaag Bell Tower
Snikzwaag Bell Tower
In the graveyard in the village of Snikzwaag there is a wooden bell tower with four-sided dome roof. The bell it houses was cast by L. Haverkamp in 1787. At one time the village had a church but it was demolished in the 19th century.
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Mirns Bell Tower
Mirns Bell Tower
In the graveyard in the village of Mirns there is a bell tower with a hip roof. It was built in 1953, after an American bomber crashed into the old bell tower in 1943, killing everyone on board.
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Lytsewierrum (Lutkewierum)
Lytsewierrum (Lutkewierum)
Bezoek het terpdorpje Lytsewierrum. Gelegen aan het eind van een doodlopende weg. Het dorp heeft een beschermd dorpsgezicht.
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Johannes de Doperkerk Parrega
Johannes de Doperkerk Parrega
Als een lang bebouwingslint strekt het dorp Parrega zich uit langs de Workumer Trekvaart. Op een terpachtige plek, halverwege dit lint, ligt de Johannes de Doperkerk, omringd door een kerkhof.
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Sint Joriskerk Dedgum
Sint Joriskerk Dedgum
De oude kerk in het kleine terpdorp Dedgum werd in 1889 gesloopt en nog datzelfde jaar zag de nieuwe het licht, een eenvoudige kerk met een ranke toren. Voor een uitzicht dat reikt tot aan het IJsselmeer mag je de toren beklimmen.
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Kerk Oudwoude
Kerk Oudwoude
Al bij het betreden van het verhoogde kerkhof tref je een rijksmonument: het neoclassicistische toegangshek anno 1857. Van achter een grote treurbeuk...
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The Blokhuis
The Blokhuis
After 1525, Friesland became part of the kingdom of Charles V, who had a large fortress built at Stavoren harbour in order to keep the Frisian people under control. It stood here until around 1580.
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11Fountains Stavoren
11Fountains Stavoren
The sea gives, the sea takes. Stavoren, once a rich Hanseatic city, has much to say on this subject. Floods, maritime trade wars, a port that silted up: the city fell into poverty several times.
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Tsjerke Oan It Dok Church - Lemster Tower
Tsjerke Oan It Dok Church - Lemster Tower
According to the numerical wall anchors on the tower, the church was built in 1716. The tower itself is half-embedded. The people of Lemster call the tower of this church ‘the Lemster tower’. When they can see it in the distance, they know they are home.
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St Maurice Church in IJlst
St Maurice Church in IJlst
The St Maurice church we see in IJlst today was designed by the architect J. Ankringa and built in 1830. The beautifully carved wooden pulpit made in 1672 was originally installed in the previous church on this site, as was the baptismal screen.
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