Bavokerk (Aardenburg)

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Transept partly still Romanesque stone building (before 1220), basilic nave in the middle of the 13th century. Scheldt Gothic , some limestone and a lot of brick, choir made entirely of brick in the middle of the 14th century
Nave: Scheldt Gothic as brick Gothic
Choir: late Gothic brick Gothic

The Sint-Bavokerk (also called Sint-Baafskerk ) is a Protestant parish church in the Scheldt Gothic style in Aardenburg, Netherlands ( province of Zeeland ).

history

In 959 the Ghent Bavo Abbey built a small church in Aardenburg. In 1202 the church burned down. Today's Bavokerk was built after 1243. Its style is shaped by the transition from Romanesque to Gothic . It is one of the top 100 Dutch cultural monuments . The church belongs to the United Protestant Church in the Netherlands, which was created in 2004 .

organ

The organ goes back to an instrument that was built around 1680 by the organ builder AA Kuerten. Only the magnificent, multi-storey organ case has survived . The organ was built in 1955 by the Flentrop organ building company. The slider chests -instrument has 19 registers on two manuals and pedal . The actions are mechanical.

I main work C – f 3
Prestant 8th'
Roerfluit 8th'
Octaaf 4 ′
Fluit 4 ′
Quint 3 ′
Octaaf 2 ′
Mixture IV-V
Cornet IV
Trumpet 8th'
II Rückpositiv C – f 3
Holpijp 8th'
Prestant 4 ′
Roerfluit 4 ′
Woudfluit 2 ′
Scherp III
Sesquialter II
Dulciaan 8th'
Tremulant
Pedals C – f 1
Bourdon 16 ′
Prestant 8th
Bassoon 16 ′

Web links

Commons : Bavokerk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the parish
  2. ↑ More information about the organ

Coordinates: 51 ° 16 ′ 23 "  N , 3 ° 26 ′ 53"  E