Nieuwe Kerk (Delft)

Coordinates: 52°00′44″N 4°21′39″E / 52.0123°N 4.3609°E / 52.0123; 4.3609
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Nieuwe Kerk
Church tower
StyleGothic
Groundbreaking1396
Completed1496
Height (max)108.75 m (356.79 ft)
Designated as NHLDutch rijksmonument #11872

The Nieuwe Kerk (Dutch pronunciation:

Domtoren in Utrecht
.

History

Dirk van Delen
, 1645

The New Church, formerly the church of

Francois Hemony from 1659 and 30 modern bells.[3] In the church tower there is a bell from 1662 by Francois Hemony with a diameter of 104 centimeters.[3] In the tower there are also bells no longer in use, including 13 from 1659 by Francois Hemony, 3 from 1678 by Pieter Hemony, 3 from 1750 from Joris de Mery, and 1 from Gillett and Johnston from 1929.[3]


The Kerk appears in the golden Age painting by Carel Fabritius, A View of Delft.[4] In 1586, Flemish scientist Simon Stevin used the church's tower to conduct an experiment on gravitational forces.[5]

Gallery

Views of Delft and the Nieuwe Kerk

Recent discoveries

In September 2021, archaeologists announced that the remains of around 200 people had been discovered during the expansion of the royal burial chamber at Nieuwe Kerk.[6][7][8]

People buried in the royal crypt

Cenotaph for William the Silent and access to the royal crypt
Plan of the royal crypt
The Nieuwe Kerk seen from the Oude Kerk
The Nieuwe Kerk from above

Eleven people are buried in the old vault:[9][10]

35 people are buried in the new vault:[9][10]

William III, Prince of Orange, is not buried in the royal crypt. He is buried in Westminster Abbey, due to his position as King of England at the time of his death.

See also

Dutch Rijksmonument 11872

References

  1. ^ "Tower New Church". Oude En Nieuwe Herk Delft. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Delft" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 954.
  3. ^ a b c d e Rijksmonument report
  4. ^ Walter Liedtke, Vermeer and the Delft School, New Haven and London, 2001, p. 250.
  5. ISBN 9780674971660
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  6. ^ "Royal catacombs yield bones of 200 rich Delft residents". DutchNews.nl. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  7. ^ "Tweehonderd lichamen gevonden in Delftse Nieuwe Kerk: 'Nieuw hoofdstuk in geschiedenis'". www.omroepwest.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  8. ^ "Catacombs at Delft's Nieuwe Kerk Excavated - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  9. ^ a b "Royal crypts".
  10. ^ a b The years between parentheses are the years in which the persons are interred in the vault.

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