St Eusebius' Church, Arnhem

The Eusebiuskerk or Grote Kerk ( German: Great Church ) is the main church of the Dutch city of Arnhem. It belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

History

The Eusebiuskerk the form of a three-aisled cross basilica. Construction began in 1450 and was completed after over a hundred years. Stylistically, the building draws strongly on the Xanten Cathedral. In the church is the grave of pomp Guelders Duke Charles of Egmond. The 93 meter high tower houses a large carillon with the second largest Carillonglocke the Netherlands.

During World War II the church was destroyed with the city mostly. While the cathedral was rebuilt true to the original, the tower was given a modern financial statements, which was completed in 1964 and is accessible by a glass elevator as a viewing platform. The church is no longer used as a sacred space, but for different purposes.

Equipment

1769-1770 built the organ builder brothers Wagner a large organ that, in 1944, destroyed in a bombing raid on Arnhem. Today's large organ was purchased in 1951. She stood in the Evangelical Luther's church in Amsterdam, and was built in 1795 by the organ builder Johannes Stephanus Strümphler. The instrument has 50 stops on three manuals and pedal.