The Nieuwe Kerk

The Nieuwe Kerk (The New Church ) is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square, opposite to ...
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The Nieuwe Kerk (The New Church ) is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square, opposite to the City Hall . In 1584, William the Silent was entombed here in a mausoleum designed by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser. Since then members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been entombed in the royal crypt. The latest are Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard in 2004. The private royal family crypt is not open to the public. The church tower, designed by Pierre Cuypers and completed in 1872, is the second highest in the Netherlands, after the Domtoren in Utrecht.The mechanical clock has 18 bells by Francois Hemony from 1659 and 30 modern bells. In the church tower there is a bell from 1662, with a diameter of 104 centimeters.In the tower there are also bells no longer in use, including 13 from 1659, 3 from 1678, 3 from 1750 and 1 from Gillett and Johnston from 1929.
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