5 januari 2018

Veenkerk #1

The Veenkerk ("Peat Church") in the village of Barger-Compascuum was a small Roman Catholic church. It was built in 1874 in the raised bogs ('hoogveen' in Dutch) in this area, to serve those who lived and worked here to cultivate this area. Around the 1920s the church was in a bad state, and at at same time had become too small for the growing number of churchgoers -so it was decided to build a new and bigger church. The photo shows a replica of the original Veenkerk, which can be found at the Veenpark open-air museum now.

9 opmerkingen:

  1. How sweet it looks sitting surrounded by trees there Marleen. I'm glad they made a replica of the original for historical purposes.

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  2. ...a wonderful church is a lovely setting, I'd love to see the rhododendron in bloom.

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  3. Deze kerk is echt van een grote bescheidenheid.

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  4. Absolutely enchanting! Wonderfully photographed from the trees, Marleen!

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  5. This architectural design must have been copied the world over. In the US similar structures served not only as churches but also as schools and sometimes one could not tell the difference. I love your photo...it looks like something out of a fairy tale...

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  6. Wat een interessante geschiedenis over de kerk, mooi zo in het groen verscolen.

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  7. The church is beautiful and looks nice nestled in and surrounded by trees. I agree with Lowell, it looks like something out of a fairy tale.

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