St.-Walburgiskerk - Arnhem, Netherlands
N 51° 58.740 E 005° 54.801
31U E 700076 N 5762711
Sign at the St.-Walburgiskerk in Arnhem
Waymark Code: WM10KBV
Location: Gelderland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 05/21/2019
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The sign says :
In 1315 vestigde het Sint-Walburgiskapittel uit Tiel zich, na
problemen met de bevolking aldaar, op een door Reinald | van
Gelre beschikbaar gestelde locatie te Arnhem, waarna men
begon met de bouw van deze unieke bakstenen kerk met haar
twee torens en oorspronkelijke rechthoekige plattegrond. Na de
invoering van de Reformatie te Arnhem werd de kerk verbouwd
tot militaire gevangenis en arsenaal waarvoor de gewelven
werden uitgeslagen en verdiepingsvloeren werden aangebracht.
In 1808 kregen de katholieken door bemiddeling van koning
Lodewijk Napoleon het ve bouw weer terug, dat zij in nd 1853 werd de kerk naar ontwerp van Th. Molkenboer uitgebreid met eenom Arnhem brandde het ge tgotische motieven. priesterkoor en
werd zij inwendig gestuukt met laatgotische motieven.
Bij de Slag om Arnhem braddle het gebouw geheel uit.
geheel uit. Reeds in 1951 was de herbouw, waarbij het sobere veertirnde-eeuwse interieur werd hersteld, voltooid. Vanwege haar bewogen geschiedenis verleende paus Paulus VI de kerk in 1964 de eretitel Basilica Minor. In 2013 is de basiliek aan de r.k. eredienst onttrokken.
EN (Translation):
In 1315 the chapter of St. Walburg in Tiel established itself, after
problems with the population there, on a by Reinald | of
Gelre location made available in Arnhem, after which one
started building this unique brick church with its two towers and original rectangular floor plan. After the introduction of the Reformation at Arnhem the church was rebuilt to military prison and arsenal for which the vaults were removed and storey floors were added. In 1808 the Catholics were given the following by the mediation of the king Louis Napoleon built it back again, that it was in nd 1853 it became the church to design by Th. Molkenboer was extended with a tgothic motifs. she was plastered internally with late-Gothic motifs.
At the Battle of Arnhem, the building was completely destroyed.
The building was completely destroyed. Already in 1951
the rebuilding, in which the austere fourteenth-century interior became recovered, completed. Because of its eventful history, the
Pope Paul VI the church in 1964 the honorary title Basilica Minor. In 2013 the basilica from r.k.worship.
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Group that erected the marker: ANWB
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
St.-Walburgiskerk
Sint Walburgisplein
Arnhem, Gelderland Netherlands
6811
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