St. Geertrudiskerk (Geertekerk) in Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
St. Geertrudiskerk (Geertekerk) in Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
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Institution name
| Name (Dutch) |
St. Geertrudiskerk (Geertekerk)
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| Name (English) |
St Gertrude's Church (Geertekerk)
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| Patron saint(s) |
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| Additional remarks |
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Location (according to current geography)
| Province |
Utrecht, NL - Netherlands
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| Settlement |
Utrecht
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| Coordinates |
137/456
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Ecclesiastical hierarchy
| Diocese before 1559 |
Utrecht
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| Diocese after 1559 |
Utrecht
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| Parish |
Utrecht - Sint Gertrudis
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Institutional history
| Date of foundation |
<1150
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| Founder(s) or main benefactor(s) |
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| Right of collation |
The provost of St Martin's Collegiate Church (Utrecht)
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| Phases in the institutional history |
Orifinallyu this church was situated outside the city walls. Between 1248 and 1259 it was relocated to the present place within the walls.
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| Date of reformation (or dissolution) |
1580
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| Additional remarks |
The smallest of the four parish churches.
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Extant memorial objects and/or texts concerning memoria
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Extant material (other than memorial objects and texts concerning memoria)
Literature
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Joosting & Muller Hzn., J.G.C.& S., Bronnen voor de geschiedenis der kerkelijke rechtspraak in het bisdom Utrecht in de Middeleeuwen. I: S. Muller Hzn, De indeeling van het bisdom (The Hague 1915), 363, 376
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Building history
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Church or chapel(s)
St Gertrude's Church, Utrecht
| Date of foundation |
1150-1259
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| Date of consecration |
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| Short history of the building stages |
<1300: Construction of the church (tuff stone) and tower.
1300-1350; Construction of the transept and choir.
1350-1450: Addition of side aisles.
<1500: Addition of several chapels (tower) and a sacristy (choir).
1860-1864: Renovation of the church.
Around 1940 the church was in total decay.
1955-1956: Restoration.
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| Additional remarks |
After the Reformation the church was in use as a stable, a barrack and a depot. In 1955-1956 the Remonstrant Fraternity bought the St Geertekerk.
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Burial ground
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