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Westerkerk, the Glossary

The Westerkerk (Western Church) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[1]

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1631 establishments in the Dutch Republic
Bell towers in the Netherlands
Buildings of the Dutch Golden Age
Churches in Amsterdam
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1631
Towers in Amsterdam

Albertus Seba

Albertus or Albert Seba (May 12, 1665, Etzel near Friedeburg – May 2, 1736, Amsterdam) was a Dutch pharmacist, zoologist, and collector.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam-Centrum

Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks.

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Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (English:; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945)Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed.

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Anne Frank House

The Anne Frank House (Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. Westerkerk and Anne Frank House are Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam.

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Anthonie van Borssom (2 January 1631 in Amsterdam – 19 March 1677 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter.

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Ark of the Covenant

The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites.

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Arp Schnitger

Arp Schnitger (2 July 164828 July 1719 (buried)) was an influential Northern German organ builder.

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Baldassare Galuppi

Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic.

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Beatrix of the Netherlands

Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard,; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.

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Bourdon (bell)

The bourdon is the heaviest of the bells that belong to a musical instrument, especially a chime or a carillon, and produces its lowest tone. Westerkerk and bourdon (bell) are carillons.

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Carillon

A carillon is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 bells. Westerkerk and carillon are carillons.

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Christoffel van Dijck

Christoffel van Dijck (c. 1600-5, Dexheim – November 1669, Amsterdam) was a German-born Dutch punchcutter and typefounder, who cut punches and operated a foundry for casting metal type.

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Cristina Pumplun

Cristina M. Pumplun (1965) is the missionary vicar of Westerkerk in Amsterdam.

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Flentrop

Flentrop is a Dutch company based in Zaandam that builds and restores organs.

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Four Evangelists

In Christian tradition, the Four Evangelists are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the authors attributed with the creation of the four canonical Gospel accounts.

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Frederick Coyett

Frederick Coyett, born in Stockholm c. 1615 or 1620, buried in Amsterdam on 17 October 1687, was a Swedish nobleman and the last colonial governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa.

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Gerard de Lairesse

Gerard or Gérard (de) Lairesse (11 September 1641 – June 1711) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and art theorist.

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Gillis d'Hondecoeter

Gillis Claesz.

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Govert Flinck

Govert (or Govaert) Teuniszoon Flinck (25 January 16152 February 1660) was a Dutch painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

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Grachtengordel

The Grachtengordel ("canal belt (girdle);" known in English as the Canal District) is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district.

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Grisaille

Grisaille (or; lit, from gris 'grey') is a painting executed entirely in shades of grey or of another neutral greyish colour.

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Gulf of Carpentaria

The Gulf of Carpentaria is a sea off the northern coast of Australia.

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Hendrick de Keyser

Hendrick de Keyser (15 May 1565 – 15 May 1621) was a Dutch sculptor, merchant in Belgium bluestone, and architect who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism changing into Baroque.

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Hendrick van Uylenburgh

Hendrick Gerritszoon van Uylenburgh (c. 1587 – 1661) was an influential Dutch Golden Age art dealer who helped launch the careers of Rembrandt, Govert Flinck, Ferdinand Bol and other painters.

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Hendrickje Stoffels

Hendrickje Stoffels (1626 – 21 July 1663) was the longtime partner of Rembrandt.

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Imperial Crown of Austria

The Imperial Crown of Austria (Österreichische Kaiserkrone) is a crown formerly in use by the monarchs of the Habsburg monarchy.

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Isaak Tirion

Isaak Tirion (1705 in Utrecht – 1765 in Amsterdam) was an 18th-century publisher from the Northern Netherlands.

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Jacob van Campen

Jacob van Campen (2 February 1596 — 13 September 1657) was a Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age.

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Jacques Specx

Jacques Specx (1585 – 22 July 1652) was a Dutch merchant, who founded the trade on Japan and Korea in 1609.

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Jan Bicker

Jan Gerritsz.

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Joan Blaeu

Joan Blaeu (23 September 1596 – 21 December 1673; also called Johannes Blaeu) was a Dutch cartographer born in Alkmaar, the son of cartographer Willem Blaeu.

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Johann Rudolf Glauber

Johann Rudolf Glauber (10 March 1604 – 16 March 1670) was a German-Dutch alchemist and chemist.

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Johann Schrammel

Johann Schrammel, (22 May 1850 – 17 June 1893), was an Austrian composer and musician.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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Jordaan

The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Julius Fučík (composer)

Julius Ernest Wilhelm Fučík (18 July 1872 – 25 September 1916) was a Czech composer and conductor of military bands.

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Keizersgracht

The Keizersgracht ("Emperor's canal") is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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List of tallest structures built before the 20th century

List of pre-twentieth century structures by height.

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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519.

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Meantone temperament

Meantone temperaments are musical temperaments, that is a variety of tuning systems, obtained by narrowing the fifths so that their ratio is slightly less than 3:2 (making them narrower than a perfect fifth), in order to push the thirds closer to pure.

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Melchior d'Hondecoeter

Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636 – 3 April 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam.

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Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 – 18 February 1683) was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.

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Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam

The Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam located on Dam Square, next to the Royal Palace. Westerkerk and Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam are Churches in Amsterdam and Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam.

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Noorderkerk

The Noorderkerk (Dutch for "northern church") is a 17th-century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Westerkerk and Noorderkerk are bell towers in the Netherlands, buildings of the Dutch Golden Age, Churches in Amsterdam, Protestant churches in the Netherlands, Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam and Towers in Amsterdam.

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Northern Renaissance

The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in Europe north of the Alps.

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Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

The Oude Kerk (English: Old Church) is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute (since 2012). Westerkerk and Oude Kerk, Amsterdam are bell towers in the Netherlands, Churches in Amsterdam, Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam and Towers in Amsterdam.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Pieter and François Hemony

Pieter Hemony (born Pierre Hemony; 161920 February 1680) and his brother François Hemony (24 May 1667) were the greatest bellfounders in the history of the Low Countries.

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Pieter de Carpentier

Pieter de Carpentier (19 February 1586 – 5 September 1659) was a Dutch administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who served as Governor-General there from 1623 to 1627.

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Pieter de Keyser

Pieter de Keyser (c.1595 – 15 September 1676 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age architect (bouwmeester) and sculptor.

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Pieter van Gunst

Pieter Stevensz.

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Prince Claus of the Netherlands

Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Jonkheer van Amsberg (born Klaus-Georg Wilhelm Otto Friedrich Gerd von Amsberg; 6 September 1926 – 6 October 2002) was Prince of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until 6 October 2002, as the husband of Queen Beatrix.

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Prinsengracht

The Prinsengracht is a -long canal that runs parallel to the Keizersgracht in the center of Amsterdam.

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Protestant Church in the Netherlands

The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Netherlands, being both Calvinist and Lutheran.

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Queen of Sheba

The Queen of Sheba, also called Bilqis (Yemeni and Islamic tradition) and Makeda (Ethiopian tradition), is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.

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Reformed Christianity

Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.

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Rembrandt

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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Renaissance in the Low Countries

The Renaissance in the Low Countries was a cultural period in the Northern Renaissance that took place in around the 16th century in the Low Countries (corresponding to modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands and French Flanders).

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Rough Guides

Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips.

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Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry

Royal Eijsbouts (Koninklijke Eijsbouts) is a bell foundry located in Asten, Netherlands.

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Samuel Blommaert

Samuel Blommaert (Bloemaert, Blommaerts, Blommaart, Blomert, etc.) (11 or 21 August 1583, in Antwerp – 23 December 1651, in Amsterdam) was a Flemish/Dutch merchant and director of the Dutch West India Company from 1622 to 1629 and again from 1636 to 1642.

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Solomon

Solomon, also called Jedidiah, was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

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Steven Blankaart

Steven Blankaart Latinized as Stephanus Blancardus (24 October 1650, Middelburg – 23 February 1704, Amsterdam) was a Dutch physician, iatrochemist, and entomologist, who worked on the same field as Jan Swammerdam.

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Titus van Rijn

Titus van Rijn (22 September 1641 – 4 September 1668) was the fourth and only surviving child of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Saskia van Uylenburgh.

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Wedding of Princess Beatrix and Claus van Amsberg

The wedding of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus van Amsberg took place on Thursday, 10 March 1966, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Zaandam

Zaandam is a city in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Zuiderkerk

The Zuiderkerk ("southern church") is a 17th-century Protestant church in the Nieuwmarkt area of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Westerkerk and Zuiderkerk are bell towers in the Netherlands, carillons, Churches in Amsterdam, Protestant churches in the Netherlands, Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam and Towers in Amsterdam.

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Zutphen

Zutphen is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westerkerk

Also known as Westertoren.

, Pieter and François Hemony, Pieter de Carpentier, Pieter de Keyser, Pieter van Gunst, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Prinsengracht, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Queen of Sheba, Reformed Christianity, Rembrandt, Renaissance architecture, Renaissance in the Low Countries, Rough Guides, Royal Eijsbouts bell foundry, Samuel Blommaert, Solomon, Steven Blankaart, Titus van Rijn, Wedding of Princess Beatrix and Claus van Amsberg, World War II, Zaandam, Zuiderkerk, Zutphen.

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See also

1631 establishments in the Dutch Republic

Bell towers in the Netherlands

Buildings of the Dutch Golden Age

Churches in Amsterdam

Religious buildings and structures completed in 1631

Towers in Amsterdam

References