Klokkenstoel - Wijnjewoude NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dreamhummie
N 53° 02.539 E 006° 10.637
32U E 310772 N 5880703
Bell seat, Klokkenstoel, with 3 bells located near the Church nearby the town Wijnjewolde, The Netherlands.
Waymark Code: WMRAXE
Location: Friesland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/02/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
Views: 3

Address:
Tsjerkereed 2, 9241 HH in Wijnjewoude, The Netherlands.

Dieline: Shield roof with two alt Pirons
Roofing: Vertical wooden parts, red cedar
Material seat: Bilinga hardwood
Foundation: Heavy field boulders covered with ten masonry footings with a stone slab
Year built chair: First mention in 1723
Loud System: Flying clapper
Sound is in: Church services, funerals and heyday
Pour Year bells: 1948
Cast by Petit & Fritsen in Aarle Rixtel
Diameter clocks: 110,7cm 92.1 cm 82 cm
Weight clocks: 867 kg 510 kg 340 kg
View clocks: Fis 1 A 1 B 1
Owner: PKN congregation Wijnjeterp-Duurswoude

Text on the largest bell diameter 110.7 cm:
The text link:
A. D. 1948
On the edge:
1945 / HET KLOKKENCOMITEE: / D. ALKEMA VOORZITTER / K. HIELKEMA SECRETARIS / J. VINCENT DESKUNDIGE / B. H. DE VRIES J. BOONSTRA / P. VISSER P. BLAAUW / J. BAKKER B. AUKEMA
Down on the cross:
PETIT ET FRITSEN ME FUDERUNT 485

Text on the central bell diameter 92.1 cm:
On the edge:
1945 / ALLES WAT ADEM HEEFT, LOVE DEN HEER. HALLELUJAH! / PSALM 150 : 6. 1948
Translation:
1945 / everything that has breath praise the LORD. HALLELUJAH! / Psalm 150: 6. 1948
Down on the cross:
PETIT ET FRITSEN ME FUDERUNT 1655
Note: Due to the high number of casting this clock this clock will probably be molded around 1953 to replace a torn copy of 1948.

Text on the smallest clock with a diameter of 82 cm:
The text link:
A. D. 1948
On the edge:
1945 / HEEL WIJNJETERP IS NU (weer*) VRIJ / VAN DUITSCHE DWING(lan*)DIJ
Translation:
1945 / LOT Wijnjeterp IS NOW (again *) FREE / OF MANDATORY German (lan *) THIGH
Down on the cross: PETIT ET FRITZEN ME FUDERUNT 281
* Text parts that disappeared from the clock removing inaccuracies after casting.

Source, more info and sound of the bells: (visit link)
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