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Church of Tolbert

Church of Tolbert

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Church of Tolbert

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Location: Leek, Groningen, Netherlands

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Rinaldini

September 15, 2024

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The oldest part of the church is the rectangular chancel, built in the early 13th century. This part still has four pointed arch windows. There are also two bricked-up priest's entrances in the north and south walls. The chancel is straight and decorated with two closed round-arch windows and three white, climbing round-arch niches in the gable. A buttress was also placed against the chancel to prevent it from sinking. The tower is several decades younger and is characterized by large wall anchors.

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jan

June 23, 2024

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Two centuries after Tolbert was founded by colonists, it had a church in a spacious and raised cemetery in 1200. The oldest part of the brick choir dates from 1200, while the base of the tower was built a few decades later. The church got its current shape because the nave was placed between the tower and the choir, giving it a higher roof than the choir. To prevent subsidence, a buttress was placed against the chancel wall.

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