Klokkenstoel - Oosterwolde NL
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dreamhummie
N 52° 59.633 E 006° 17.573
32U E 318317 N 5875018
Bell seat, Klokkenstoel, located at the front of the village church, Brink, Oosterwolde, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMNAZQ
Location: Friesland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/03/2015
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Bell seat, Klokkenstoel, with two bells located at the front of the village church, Brink, Oosterwolde, The Netherlands.
The double wooden Bell seat with hipped at the cemetery was replaced in 1876 and placed in 1967 on boulders in concrete.
The big clock was cast in 1936 by the bell foundry Gebr. Bergen to replace a clock (1492) of bell-founder Herman preserving the old images.
The Clock (1728) of Cyprian Crans was requisitioned by the Germans in World War II.
This clock was replaced by a new clock with the inscription: "When war suffering passed over the land, the old bell fell into enemy hands, now I call with a new sound, to our people to praise and thanks."
Data from the large clock:
Cast by Herman. recasten by Van Bergen Midwolda 1936
Pour clock Year: 1492; recast 1936
Bell diameter: 118 cm
Clock weight: 1055 kg
Data from the small clock:
Cast by: Jacobus van Bergen Midwolda
Pour clock Year: 1948
Bell diameter: 110 cm
Clock weight: 842 kg
Owner: PKN municipality Oosterwolde C.A.
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