Westerkerk
Sign in to saveThe Westerkerk (; ) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood (Centrum borough), next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.
Key facts
- Religious building.name
- Westerkerk
- Religious building.image
- Amsterdam (NL), Westerkerk -- 2015 -- 7186.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- The Westerkerk in 2015
- Religious building.location
- Prinsengracht 281, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Protestant Church in the Netherlands
- Religious building.rite
- Calvinist
- Religious building.status
- Parish church
- Religious building.architect
- Hendrick de Keyser
- Religious building.architecture_style
- Dutch Renaissance
- Religious building.groundbreaking
- 1620
- Religious building.year_completed
- 1631
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- church building
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Amsterdam
- Official website
- www.westerkerk.nl
- Image
- Westerkerk interieur 2021.jpg
- Height
- 85
- Width
- 29
- Length
- 58
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- Commons category
- Westerkerk (Amsterdam)
- located on street
- Prinsengracht
- heritage designation
- Rijksmonument
- architect
- Hendrick de Keyser
- inception
- 1631-00-00
- architectural style
- baroque architecture
- postal code
- 1016GW
- street address
- Prinsengracht 277B
- has facility
- steeple
- Christian liturgical rite
- Protestant Church in the Netherlands
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Main Duyschot organ
- Stoplist of the Duyschot organ
- The paintings of the organ
- Ds. A.H. Visser organ
- The tower with the spire
- Bells in the Westertoren
- Rembrandt
- Dutch royal family
- Anne Frank
- Burials
- Notable people
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
The Westerkerk (; ) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood (Centrum borough), next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.
==History== thumb|Fantasy ornaments on roof top of Westerkerk
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