Nicolaaskerk
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Nicolaaskerk

Swichum, Leeuwarden Municipality, Friesland, Netherlands – *No GPS coordinates

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    Swichum, Leeuwarden Municipality, Friesland 9087 CD Netherlands

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The Nicolaakerk is one of the earliest brick churches in Friesland and was originally dedicated to Nicolas of Myra. The single-aisled church was built in the 13th century in Romanesque style and still shows all kinds of traces of its history. It has beautiful round-arched windows, a piscina, a hagioscope and a concealed gate.
The modest nineteenth-century interior is still fully present. There are several tangible remnants of the bond with the noble family that meant a lot to the village: the Ayttas. Two burial vaults of the Aytta family have been uncovered in the church. Their 'State' (castle/manor house) once stood south of the church. Tombstones and gable stones and a number of beautiful stained glass windows from 1626 refer to this family.
The gable roof tower dates from the fourteenth century and was walled with small bricks in 1882. In the tower hang two bells, one from 1438 and a bell by Geert van Wou Jr. from 1548. Thanks to the inscriptions on these bells, it is known that Saint Nicholas and Saint Catharina, the patroness of virgins and philosophers, were the patron saints of this church .
The Nicolaakerk is one of the earliest brick churches in Friesland and was originally dedicated to Nicolas of Myra. The single-aisled church was built in the 13th century in Romanesque style and still shows all kinds of traces of its history. It has beautiful round-arched windows, a piscina, a hagioscope and a concealed gate.
The modest nineteenth-century interior is still fully present. There are several tangible remnants of the bond with the noble family that meant a lot to the village: the Ayttas. Two burial vaults of the Aytta family have been uncovered in the church. Their 'State' (castle/manor house) once stood south of the church. Tombstones and gable stones and a number of beautiful stained glass windows from 1626 refer to this family.
The gable roof tower dates from the fourteenth century and was walled with small bricks in 1882. In the tower hang two bells, one from 1438 and a bell by Geert van Wou Jr. from 1548. Thanks to the inscriptions on these bells, it is known that Saint Nicholas and Saint Catharina, the patroness of virgins and philosophers, were the patron saints of this church .

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  • Added: 13 Nov 2021
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2741701