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The Toren van Goedereede (;In isolation, ''Toren'' and ''van'' are pronounced and , respectively. Goederede Tower) is a gray square brick tower in
Although at first unlit, the tower served as a landmark to help ships navigate. From 1552 the tower served as a lighthouse. The light originally came from an open coal fire.
Goederede went into a long decline, losing trade to better-sited ports. There were insufficient funds to maintain the church. In 1706 the dilapidated building was pulled down, but the tower was preserved. In 1823, the spire of the church was removed to improve use of the tower as a lighthouse.
On 26 February 1834 a high light with optics was installed. The optics were replaced in 1879. In 1908 the tower was equipped with rotating optics with a light intensity of 180,000 candlepower. In 1912 the lighthouse was extinguished when the West Head Lighthouse in Ouddorp came into use.
Exterieur koor - Goedereede - 20078886 - RCE.jpg, Exterior, RCE 1973
Zuid-oost zijde - Goedereede - 20078916 - RCE.jpg, South-east side, RCE 1980
Catharinakerk (Goedereede)4.JPG, Catharina church, 2011
Catharinakerk (Goedereede)3.JPG, Catharina church, 2011
The Toren van Goedereede (;In isolation, ''Toren'' and ''van'' are pronounced and , respectively. Goederede Tower) is a gray square brick tower in Goedereede
Goedereede () is a little town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The former municipality had a population of about 11,000 in 2010. It consisted of the west part of the island of Goeree-Overfla ...
, Netherlands, high, belonging to the Catharina church.
It was built in 1512. From 1552 to 1912 the tower served as a lighthouse, and went through various changes during this period. Today it has been restored and is a museum, housing a carillon
A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...
.
Church tower
The original tower was part of a large parish church in the then-prosperous fishing and trading port. Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens (1459–1523), the future Pope Adrian VI, was pastor of the church. During a great fire in Goedereede in 1482 the old "Katharina Church" and its tower were destroyed. A new church was erected in 1512 beside a giant new tower, which still stands today. A large bell that sounded the hours was cast in 1519, with the Latin inscription, ''Est mea vox grata, quia sum Maria vocata et Georgius Waghevens Me fecit Anno Domini MCCCCCXVIII'' (My voice is welcome, because I am called Maria and George Waghevens made Me in the year of our Lord 1518.) A second bell was added in 1647.Lighthouse
Although at first unlit, the tower served as a landmark to help ships navigate. From 1552 the tower served as a lighthouse. The light originally came from an open coal fire.
Goederede went into a long decline, losing trade to better-sited ports. There were insufficient funds to maintain the church. In 1706 the dilapidated building was pulled down, but the tower was preserved. In 1823, the spire of the church was removed to improve use of the tower as a lighthouse.
On 26 February 1834 a high light with optics was installed. The optics were replaced in 1879. In 1908 the tower was equipped with rotating optics with a light intensity of 180,000 candlepower. In 1912 the lighthouse was extinguished when the West Head Lighthouse in Ouddorp came into use.
Museum
In 1967 the tower was designated a national monument (''Rijksmonument''). From 1973 to 1978 the tower was restored at a cost of over two million euros, and made into a museum. Acarillon
A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...
of bells were hung in the tower, which can be played either mechanically or by hand.
The carillon of 37 bells was inaugurated on 24 June 1978. In 1999 it was extended with six bass and seven treble bells. Two more bells were added in 2010, providing many more options to the player. In April 2011 the Dutch Carillon Society organized an international competition for carilloneurs,
each of whom had twelve minutes to perform.
References
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The Toren van Goedereede (;In isolation, ''Toren'' and ''van'' are pronounced and , respectively. Goederede Tower) is a gray square brick tower in Goedereede, Netherlands, high, belonging to the Catharina church.
It was built in 1512. From 1552 ...