Vondelkerk
Sign in to saveThe Vondel Church (Dutch: Vondelkerk) was a church building located on Vondelstraat in Amsterdam-West. From 1880 to 1977, the building—designed by architect Pierre Cuypers—served as the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Roman Catholic parish of the same name. After its deconsecration, the central nave was used for purposes including concerts, while surrounding spaces were rented out as offices.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Vondel Church
- Religious building.native_name
- Vondelkerk
- Religious building.native_name_lang
- nl
- Religious building.image
- Vondelk1.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- Vondelkerk church in the 1990s
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- Religious building.tradition
- Latin Church
- Religious building.rite
- Roman Rite
- Religious building.organisational_status
- Deconsecrated
- Religious building.ownership
- Stadsherstel Amsterdam (prior to 2026 fire)
- Religious building.governing_body
- Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam (former)
- Religious building.patron
- Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Religious building.consecration_year
- 1880
- Religious building.functional_status
- Destroyed by fire
- Religious building.location
- Vondelstraat
- Religious building.municipality
- Amsterdam
- Religious building.region
- North Holland
- Religious building.country
- Netherlands
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- Planning and construction
- 1904 fire
- Renovation
- Decline
- 2026 fire
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The Vondel Church (Dutch: Vondelkerk) was a church building located on Vondelstraat in Amsterdam-West. From 1880 to 1977, the building—designed by architect Pierre Cuypers—served as the Church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for the Roman Catholic parish of the same name. After its deconsecration, the central nave was used for purposes including concerts, while surrounding spaces were rented out as offices.
In a fire in November 1904, the original tower was destroyed. It was rebuilt according to a design by Joseph Cuypers, son of Pierre Cuypers. During the early hours of 1 January 2026, another fire broke out, the tower was destroyed, and parts of the building collapsed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vondelkerk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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