Dorpskerk, Staphorst
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The Dorpskerk of Staphorst
(Overijssel
, Netherlands
) is built in 1951 and situated in the towns centre. The 2,300 seats church is enlarged in 1991-92 and is still in use by the Restored Reformed Church
.
Staphorst
Staphorst is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands.-History:The villages of Staphorst and its southern neighbour Rouveen came into existence as in the 13th century monks started to bring the bogs and swamps into culture. All the farms were built along the long road through the bog...
(Overijssel
Overijssel
Overijssel is a province of the Netherlands in the central eastern part of the country. The region has a NUTS classification of NL21. The province's name means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle and the largest city is Enschede...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) is built in 1951 and situated in the towns centre. The 2,300 seats church is enlarged in 1991-92 and is still in use by the Restored Reformed Church
Restored Reformed Church
The Restored Reformed Church is a Reformed Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It was founded on May 1, 2004, by a minority of the Reformed Bond inside the Dutch Reformed Church who opposed that church's merger with two other Protestant churches into the Protestant Church in the Netherlands...
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External link
- http://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/php/main.php?cAction=show&cOffset=0&cLimit=25&cOBJnr=34246&oOrder=ASC&cLast=1&oField=OBJ_RIJKSNUMMER&sCompMonNr=34246&sCompMonName=&sStatus=&sProvincie=&sGemeente=&sPlaats=&sStraat=&sHuisnummer=&sPostcode=&sFunctie=&sHoofdcategorie=&sSubcategorie=&sOmschrijving=&ID=0&oField=OBJ_RIJKSNUMMERThe building on the website of the Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed.]