Oostkerk
Oostkerk "Koepelkerk"
View of main entrance
51°30′10″N 3°37′14″E / 51.50278°N 3.62056°E / 51.50278; 3.62056
Location	Oostkerkplein 1, Middelburg
Country	Netherlands
Denomination	Protestant
History
Founded	1667
Dedicated	1667
Architecture
Architect(s)	Arent van 's-Gravesande [ nl]
Style	neo-classical
Years built	1667
Administration
Parish	Middelburg

The Oostkerk is a Protestant church in Middelburg. The church can be spotted on the Middelburg horizon by its characteristic round dome.

History

The church was designed by Bartholomeus Drijfhout [ nl] and Pieter Post and was built between 1648 and 1667. ^[1] After Drijfhout died in 1651, the building was continued under the Leiden architect Arent van 's-Gravesande [ nl], who had just completed the Marekerk in Leiden. The white organ was built by Gebr. de Rijckere from Kortrijk in 1782. ^[1] Two stained glass windows from 1664 still exist in the church, and the klokkenstoel [ nl] contains a bell by Claes Noorden and one by Jan Albert de Grave [ nl], 1715. ^[1]

See also

Other 17th century "round" churches of the Netherlands:

• Marekerk, round church of Leiden
• Ronde Lutherse Kerk, round church of Amsterdam

Dutch Rijksmonument 29376

References

External links

Media related to Oostkerk (Middelburg) at Wikimedia Commons