The Church of Hemelum

Hemelum is one of nine Dutch villages, brought together under the name Hemelumer-Oldeferd, in the province of Friesland. The Church is State Reformed and 63% were registered as members, before the “Samen Op Weg” (together on our way) started with the Synodal Reformed Church (which had 21% known members). The town hall is situated in Koudum. There are many small lakes in this area and two big ones, the Fluessen and the Morra. Most of the soil is clay and peat-bog. There is one historic fact,...