St. John’s Church
St. John’s Church is a church in Leeuwarden, Friesland. St. John’s Church is situated nearby to the marina De Klompskippers, as well as near the community center Britsenburgh.Photo: Melda Wibawa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: village church of Britsum, Friesland, the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Jehannestsjerke” and “Johanneskerk”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martenastate and Nicolaaskerk.
Martenastate
Protected area
Photo: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Martenastate in Cornjum, Netherlands, is an ancestral estate first owned by the noble family Martena, also written as van Martena, or even Martna. This family belonged to the Dutch nobility. Martenastate is situated 1¼ km south of St. John’s Church.
Nicolaaskerk
Church
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Nicolaaskerk is a church, which is situated 1¼ km south of St. John’s Church.
De Hoop
Windmill
De Hoop is a smock mill in Stiens, Friesland, Netherlands which was rebuilt in 1993 after the earlier mill burned down. It is operational and manned by volunteers. De Hoop is situated 2 km west of St. John’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Britsum and Koarnjum.
Britsum
Village
Photo: Melda Wibawa, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Britsum is a village in the municipality of Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands. Britsum was built on an artificial bank running along the eastern side of the former Middelzee.
Koarnjum
Village
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koarnjum is a village in the municipality of Leeuwarden, in the Netherlands. The village is situated between Jelsum and Britsum and a population of around 370 in January 2017.
Stiens
Town
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stiens is a town in the municipality of Leeuwarden, Netherlands. As of January 2017, the town had a population of about 7,545. Between 1944 and 2018, it was the capital of the municipality of Leeuwarderadeel.
St. John’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Leeuwarden, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.25432° or 53° 15′ 16″ northLongitude
5.78576° or 5° 47′ 9″ eastInception
1250Open location code
9F577Q3P+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 302237615OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q2555610
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Frisian—“St. John’s Church” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Johanneskerk (Britsum)”
- Dutch: “Johanneskerk”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 24525”
- Dutch: “St. Johannes”
- Western Frisian: “Jehannestsjerke”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include De Klompskippers and Britsenburgh.
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