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Lightning destroyed the tall spire in 1538. A slightly less tall spire was built some twenty years later, but that one was destroyed in 1696, also by lightning. In early 1945 German troops put explosives in the tower to prevent its possible use by Allied troops, but thankfully the tower survived the war without any serious damage. The side-aisles are tall and wide and are remarkable for their diagonal front ends, a feature also found at the Maartenskerk in Tiel. At the north side the nave has a porch similar to the ones at many other churches in Lower Rhine Gothic style. At the south side there are a plastered consistory, a polygonal chapel and, next to the tower, the chapel of the Van Rossum family. Although often still called St. Maartenskerk this church has been a protestant one since the Reformation, although for the past few decades only the choir was used. More recently it was decided not to have any regular services in the church anymore but to use the smaller Eben Haëzer church instead. |
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