The Protestant church of Hantumhuzen or Saint Anne's churchAlle middeleeuwse kerken: van Harlingen tot Wilhelmshaven, P Karstkarel, p. 135 is a religious building in Hantumhuzen,

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, one of the many

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churches in

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. The Romano-Gothic church was built in the first half of the 13th century out of red

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. The tower dates from c. 1200 and the quintuple closed

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

date from the 18th century. The

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was built in 1907 by Bakker & Timmenga. The church is located on the Wierumerwei 2 and was once a Roman Catholic church dedicated to

Saint Anne According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

but became a Protestant church after the

Protestant reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

. It is listed as a

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 ...

, number 38700 and is rated with a very high historical value and is in the care of

Stichting Alde Fryske Tsjerken Stichting Alde Fryske Tsjerken (English: ''Old Frisian Churches Foundation'') is a foundation which aims to preserve church buildings in Friesland, the Netherlands. The foundation owns 38 churches as for 2010. It was established in 1970 and is ba ...

(Old Frisian Churches Foundation).

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Hantumhuizen Hantumhuzen is a village in Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 200 in January 2017. Before 2019, the village was part of the Dongeradeel municipality. History The village was first men ...

Rijksmonuments in Friesland Protestant churches in the Netherlands