place

Oldehove (tower)

1532 establishments in the Holy Roman EmpireInclined towersInfobox religious building with unknown affiliationReligious buildings and structures completed in 1532Rijksmonuments in Leeuwarden
Towers completed in the 1530sTowers in Friesland
Leeuwarden, Netherlands panoramio (26)
Leeuwarden, Netherlands panoramio (26)

The Oldehove is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden.Oldehove is also the name of an artificial mound (terp) on which in the late 9th century a (Catholic) church dedicated to Saint Vitus was built. Construction of the adjoining Late Gothic tower began in 1529, after the citizens of Leeuwarden demanded a tower taller than the one in the city of Groningen, the Martinitoren. In charge were Jacob van Aken (or Aaken) and, after his death, Cornelis Frederiksz. The tower's tilt began during construction. The builders tried to compensate for the tilt, but the project was stopped in 1532 (1533 according to another source). In 1595–1596, the then derelict church was demolished, but the tower remains. It consists mostly of brick, but the builders also used so-called Bentheim sandstone. There are two bells. A bell cast in 1633 by Hans Falck and a bell cast in 1637 by Jacob Noteman, weight 2,100 kg (4,630 lb). It is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 24331.The height of the tower is 39 metres (127.95 feet). The tower has 183 steps. The top of the tower is displaced horizontally 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) from the centre. The original plan included attaching a new church to the tower, which would replace the old saint vitus church, but this was never realized. Custodian of the tower is Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Oldehove (tower) (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Oldehove (tower)
Oldehoofsterkerkhof, Leeuwarden

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Phone number Website External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Oldehove (tower)Continue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 53.202977777778 ° E 5.7897111111111 °
placeShow on map

Address

Oldehove

Oldehoofsterkerkhof 1
8911 DM Leeuwarden
Frisia, Netherlands
mapOpen on Google Maps

Phone number

call+31582332350

Website
oldehove.eu

linkVisit website

linkWikiData (Q2018608)
linkOpenStreetMap (302429449)

Leeuwarden, Netherlands panoramio (26)
Leeuwarden, Netherlands panoramio (26)
Share experience

Nearby Places