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The Jacobikerk is a landmark Protestant church in Utrecht, Netherlands. The building is located on the St Jacobsstraat, named for its patron saint
The current gothic church dates from the end of the 13th century, but was expanded in the 14th and 15th centuries.Church website In 1576-1577 a cannon was installed in the church tower, aimed at Vredenburg (castle) where the Spanish soldiers there were under siege by the Utrecht schutters. Around 1580 the church endured the protestant reformation and in 1586 it was formally handed over to the protestants, who whitewashed the wall decorations and removed the altarpieces.
The tower bell was made by S. Butendiic in 1479, with a diameter of 182 cm.
Website Protestantse Wijkgemeente Jacobikerk
(Dutch only)
Website Genootschap St. Jacob
(Dutch only) {{coord, 52, 05, 42, N, 5, 06, 55, E, region:NL_source:kolossus-nlwiki, display=title Churches in Utrecht (city) Rijksmonuments in Utrecht (city) Protestant churches in the Netherlands Protestant churches converted from Roman Catholicism 13th-century churches in the Netherlands
The Jacobikerk is a landmark Protestant church in Utrecht, Netherlands. The building is located on the St Jacobsstraat, named for its patron saint St. James the Greater
James the Great, also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob (Aramaic ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܪ ܙܒܕܝ, Arabic يعقوب, Hebrew בן זבדי , '' Yaʿăqōḇ'', Latin '' ...
. The church is one of the medieval parish churches of Utrecht, along with the Buurkerk
The Buurkerk is a former church building in Utrecht (city), Netherlands on the Buurkerkhof. The building is the location of the Museum Speelklok, and the entrance is on the Steenweg. It is one of the medieval parish churches of Utrecht, along wi ...
, the Nicolaïkerk and the Geertekerk. Today it is known as the starting place for Dutch pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella along the Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
. The Dutch Confraternity of St. James is located around the corner on the St. Jacobskerkhof.
History
The current gothic church dates from the end of the 13th century, but was expanded in the 14th and 15th centuries.Church website In 1576-1577 a cannon was installed in the church tower, aimed at Vredenburg (castle) where the Spanish soldiers there were under siege by the Utrecht schutters. Around 1580 the church endured the protestant reformation and in 1586 it was formally handed over to the protestants, who whitewashed the wall decorations and removed the altarpieces.
The tower bell was made by S. Butendiic in 1479, with a diameter of 182 cm.Rijksmonument
A rijksmonument (, ) is a national heritage site of the Netherlands, listed by the agency Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) acting for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
At the end of February 2015, the Netherlands ...
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Church function
The church still accommodates weekly Sunday services, but is regularly rented out for other functions, including weddings and concerts, but also for various cultural initiatives of the city or the local university.References
External links
Website Protestantse Wijkgemeente Jacobikerk
(Dutch only)
Website Genootschap St. Jacob
(Dutch only) {{coord, 52, 05, 42, N, 5, 06, 55, E, region:NL_source:kolossus-nlwiki, display=title Churches in Utrecht (city) Rijksmonuments in Utrecht (city) Protestant churches in the Netherlands Protestant churches converted from Roman Catholicism 13th-century churches in the Netherlands