Mariakerk (Oirschot)
The Mariakerk ( German Marienkirche ) is the Protestant parish church in Oirschot in the Netherlands .
history
The Romanesque Mariakerk from the 12th century is the oldest sacred building in Oirschot and its core dates back to the 9th century. It was not only a parish church, but originally also a collegiate church for a convent of canons . This church is possibly originally the own church of the father of St. Odulphus , the so-called Apostle of the Frisians, who grew up here.
The canons decided in the 13th century to build a larger collegiate church in the immediate vicinity, the Petruskerk , which was built in 1268 . The Mariakerk was turned into a chapel and, from 1659, was no longer used sacred. From then on, butter was stored in the building. This is where today's popular name Boterkerkje (German: Butter Church ) comes from . In 1633, under armed escort in the Petruskerk, reformed worship was held for the first time in the Roman Catholic Oirschot . In 1799, the Reformed Church was finally given the Mariakerk as a separate place of worship. The Reformed Congregation in Oirschot joined the Protestant Church in the Netherlands, which was created in 2004, in 2007 .
literature
Rijkscommissie voor de Monumentenbeschrijving: Kunstreisboek voor Nederland , Amsterdam 1969.
Web links
Individual evidence
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 10.5 ″ N , 5 ° 18 ′ 31.3 ″ E