Protestant church of Drogeham Saint Nicholas church | |
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Church of Drogeham | |
53°12′08″N6°06′36″E / 53.2023°N 6.1101°E Coordinates: 53°12′08″N6°06′36″E / 53.2023°N 6.1101°E | |
History | |
Dedication | Before the Reformation, to Saint Nicholas |
Specifications | |
Materials | Brick |
The Protestant church of Drogeham or Saint Nicholas church [1] is a church in Drogeham, Netherlands. The current church was built in 1876 on the site of an older church build in the 13th century. [1] The church is built against the 13th century tower of the old church and on top of the tower it is a gable roof. [1] The old church was a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Nicholas but became a Protestant church after the Protestant Reformation.
Drogeham is a small village of about 1,700 inhabitants in the Dutch province of Friesland.
The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesthetic concerns. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it.
The church located on Tsjerkebuorren 4. [2] and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 7042 and is rated with a very high historical value. [3]
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