State Reformed Church of Odoorn

Odoorn is a small Dutch town in the province of Drenthe, nine kilometers north of the industrial city of Emmen. There are about 14,000 inhabitants, and 60% of them are State Reformed. There was a church at this place already in 1200, but it burnt down in 1856. A new building was built immediately, made of natural hacked stones as well as big baked bricks. The builders used the old original drawings, so that it looks like a restoration. (See the picture on the next page.) Odoorn is a very old...