Eelswerd / Elswors

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Kloosterkerk Rottum vóór de afbraak in 1885. Iets aangepast om contrast en detail meer zichtbaar te maken."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kloosterkerk Rottum vóór de afbraak in 1885. Iets aangepast om contrast en detail meer zichtbaar te maken."
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Image Source: digital image of an undated [pre-1885] photograph by Johannes Gerhardus Kramer, in Beeldbank Groningen [NL-GnGRA_818_22079] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kloosterkerk_Rottum.jpg] [accessed 30 November 2021]
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Source caption: " boerderij op de wierde van Eelswerd" [NB: the farm stands now on what is believed to have been the site of the medieval church of Eelsword]
Scene Description: Source caption: " boerderij op de wierde van Eelswerd" [NB: the farm stands now on what is believed to have been the site of the medieval church of Eelsword]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hardscarf, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 7 April 2018 by Hardscarf [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eelswerd_-_boerderij.jpg] [accessed 30 November 2021]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 23576EEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: [Parish Church] [disappeared]
Church Location: [cf. Directions Geo for the site of the disappeared church]
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Groningen
Directions to Site: The site of the church, now a farm at Usquerderweg 13, is located off (W) the N998, in the municipality of Het Hogeland, N of Kantens, W of the Boterdiep
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his information on the disappeared church of Eelswerd
Church Notes: Pol Herman (e-mail to BSI) informs: " After the foundation of the monastery Juliana, the mound of Rottum probably had two churches from the first quarter of the 13th century :the parish church of Eelswerd and the monastery church. The church is depicted under the name 'Elswors' on the Friesland map of Deventer from 1545 and on a map from after 1558 in the atlas of Sgroten (published in 1573/82). The church resembled that of Stitswerd and Eppenhuizen. The church had an attached tower, possibly with a spire or a gable roof. Presumably in the 13th or 14th century the monastery obtained the patronage of the church of Eelswerd, whereby the monks probably celebrated the mass. In 1568 the church had fallen into disrepair and the monastery church of Rottum was turned into a parish church. The abbot of the monastery Juliana then had the baptismal font transferred from the church of Eelswerd to the monastery church. The monastic buildings were abandoned after a fire in 1586 and after looting the following year. The old church of the monastery was demolished in 1885, and a new Reformed Village Church for Rottum was built on that spot. The church of Eelswerd was thus downgraded to a chapel; in any case the place had to remain in use because it was sanctified and mass had to be read at least once a year. It is unclear whether the church remained on it over the decades or whether it was partly demolished. After the reduction the church became superfluous and in 1598 a message was mentioned about the sale of 'keercksteen so van duifsteen gemaket dat tho Rottum gestaen heeft Eelsweert geheten', which indicates that the church had already been demolished by then."
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the disappeared church here]

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UTM: 32U 342046 5916516