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The Little White Church
The Protestant Church in Bladel – the church of the Reformed Congregation of Bladel – was built in 1820.
Prior to that year, they had been using the former Catholic church for some time, whilst the Catholic faithful held services in ‘a wretched barn church’, according to the historians. In 1820, as the history books go on to say, the Protestants built themselves a small church better suited to the number of their members. This type of church building is also known as a ‘Waterstaatskerkje’.
The Little White Church in Bladel:
There have been several restorations over the years. The organ in this church dates from 1825. Both the church and the organ are under the supervision of the Monuments Conservation Agency. The commemorative plaques at the back of the church bear the names of the ministers who served in this parish from the Peace of Münster in 1648. The Huguenot cross hangs in the niche on the left-hand wall.…
The Little White Church
The Protestant Church in Bladel – the church of the Reformed Congregation of Bladel – was built in 1820.
Prior to that year, they had been using the former Catholic church for some time, whilst the Catholic faithful held services in ‘a wretched barn church’, according to the historians. In 1820, as the history books go on to say, the Protestants built themselves a small church better suited to the number of their members. This type of church building is also known as a ‘Waterstaatskerkje’.
The Little White Church in Bladel:
There have been several restorations over the years. The organ in this church dates from 1825. Both the church and the organ are under the supervision of the Heritage Commission. The commemorative plaques at the back of the church bear the names of the ministers who served in this congregation from the Peace of Münster in 1648. The Huguenot cross hangs in the niche on the left-hand wall.
The little church in Bladel never had a name. Everyone referred to it as ‘The Reformed Church’ or ‘The Protestant Church’, but many already called it ‘The Little White Church’.
The Church Council has therefore decided that this church now has an official name: The Little White Church
. Source: pkn-bladel.nl/het-witte-kerkje/