Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren

at Lieve Vrouwekerkhof 1, Amersfoort Netherlands

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Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
Lieve Vrouwekerkhof 1
Amersfoort
Netherlands
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Description

The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren is a church tower in Amersfoort. The Late Gothic building is 98.33m tall and reaches high above the inner city. It is one of the most eye-catching monuments in town and the third highest church tower in the Netherlands. The nickname of the tower is Lange Jan . The church that belonged to the tower was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion in the 18th century.HistoryThe first chapel on site was constructed on this site in the 14th century. In the 15th century the chapel was replaced by new church with three aisles. When the tower was built is not exactly known. Construction started around 1444 and was finished around 1470. The official documents of the construction were destroyed by the Protestants in 1579 during the reformation and the ensuing iconoclasm. The church and tower were taken over by the Protestants and no longer belonged to the Catholics.The church also has been used for other purposes than worshiping. It was used as a storage place for ammunition and as laboratory for the manufacturing of shells.In 1986 some research was done into its history and in the current square one can see the original plan of the church. The spire of the church burned down in 1651 and also in 1804. The tower was restored in 1912–1932, in 1965–1970 and in 1993–1996.Dutch grid reference systemThe middle point of the Dutch grid reference system is situated in the tower. From origin the tower spin was the middle of the grid with x = 0 and y = 0. This grid system was set up in the period 1885-1904. The coördinates where also called Amersfoort coördinates. The Zero-point was moved in the period 1960-1978, it moved 155 km Westwards and 463 km Southwards (120 km Southeast of Paris, 1 km East of La Celle-Saint-Cyr). The coördinates of the middle point since then are X = 155 000, Y = 463 000. Advantage of this new Zero-point is that there are no negative coördinates anymore and the X values differ from the Y values so mistakes shall not occure anymore.

Opening time

  • Mondays: 11:00- 17:30
  • Tuesdays: 10:00- 17:30
  • Wednesdays: 10:00- 17:30
  • Thursdays: 10:00- 17:30
  • Fridays: 10:00- 17:30
  • Saturdays: 10:00- 16:00
  • Sundays: 11:00- 16:00

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Summary

Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren is Amersfoort based place and this enity listed in Religious Center category. Located at Lieve Vrouwekerkhof 1 Contact phone number of Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren: <<not-applicable>>

Landmark & Historical Place category, Amersfoort

Onze Lieve Vrouwetoren
Lieve Vrouwekerkhof 1 Amersfoort null Netherlands

Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk
't Zand 29 Amersfoort null Netherlands

De Sint-Franciscus-Xaveriuskerk is een kerkgebouw aan 't Zand in Amersfoort, het gebouw en de geloofsgemeenschap maken deel uit van de rooms-katholieke parochie Onze Lieve Vrouw van Amersfoort. Wilhelmus Franciscus Nicolaus van Rootselaar (1834 - 1900), de eerste gemeentearchivaris van Amersfoort, en de oprichter van de Oudheidkundige Vereniging Flehite was er van 1875 tot 1892 kapelaan.OntstaansgeschiedenisNa de Reformatie werd de publieke katholieke eredienst in Amersfoort verboden. Er ontstonden schuilkerken die bediend werden door religieuzen, onder wie de jezuïeten. Één van de jezuïetenstaties droeg de naam van een gecanoniseerde jezuïet van het eerste uur, Sint-Franciscus Xaverius. In de loop der tijd versoepelde het beleid ten aanzien van de katholieken. Toen in 1715 de kerk van Sint-Franciscus Xaverius in vlammen opging, mocht men een meer zichtbare kerk bouwen. Deze kerk werd gebouwd aan 't Zand, op de plaats van het huidige kerkgebouw.Met de omwentelingen van de Bataafse Republiek en de grondwet van 1815 werden alle kerkgenootschappen voor de wet gelijk verklaard. Daarenboven kwam er een rijksdepartement voor de eredienst. Dit maakte de oprichting van zichtbare kerken mogelijk. In 1817 werd de nieuwe kerk van F. Wittenberg, stadsarchitect van Zutphen, ingewijd.

Koppelpoort
Grote Spui 29 Amersfoort 3811 GA Netherlands