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	Westerkerk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Westerkerk is a church in (An industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum) Amsterdam, finished in 1638 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser.
		The church is at the bank of the (additional info and facts about Prinsengracht) Prinsengracht (Long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation) canal; the (additional info and facts about Homomonument) Homomonument is nearby.
		Near the Anne Frank memorial, is the (additional info and facts about Homomonument) Homomonument, a memorial for men and women persecuted for their (A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex) homosexuality.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/We/Westerkerk.htm (195 words)

	Westerkerk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westerkerk is a church in Amsterdam, finished in 1638 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser.
		It is located close to "The Achterhuis" where diarist Anne Frank, her family and others hid from Nazi persecution for two years during World War II.
		The Westerkerk is mentioned frequently in her diary - its clock tower could be seen from the attic of "The Achterhuis" and Frank described the chiming of the clock as a source of comfort.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westerkerk (189 words)

	Amsterdam Heritage - Westerkerk
		The Westerkerk was planned as a large church catering for the religious needs of the inhabitants of the northern part of the ring of canals.
		On September 9, 1620 the foundation stone for the Westerkerk was laid.
		The Westerkerk was planned to cater for the religious needs of the inhabitants of the northern section of the ring of canals and was built on a site adjacent to the Jordaan area.
	www.bmz.amsterdam.nl /adam/uk/groot/wkerk.html (557 words)

	Amsterdam Monumenten - Westerkerk
		De Westerkerk is ontworpen door Hendrick de Keyser en vertoont veel overeenkomsten met de twintig jaar eerder gebouwde Zuiderkerk, maar de totaalopzet is monumentaler.
		In de Westerkerk zijn traditionele elementen als de basicale aanleg, de hoge topgevels, de steunberen en de houten tongewelven gecombineerd met renaissance motieven als de regelmatige plattegrond en ornamenten zoals frontons, pilasters, siervazen en voluten.
		De Westerkerk was niet alleen bedoeld voor de rijke bewoners van de grachtengordel, maar ook voor de bewoners van de Jordaan.
	www.bmz.amsterdam.nl /adam/nl/groot/wkerk.html (435 words)

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		The Westerkerk, the setting of the religious ceremony of the wedding of Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus, was officially opened on Whitsunday 1631.
		The decision to build this church, as well as the smaller Noorderkerk, was taken in 1620, as a result of the urban expansion of Amsterdam and the need for churches for the new inhabitants.
		The foundation stone for the Westerkerk was laid on the 9th September 1620.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/beatrix1966/westerkerk.html (639 words)

	Westerkerk Organ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Welcome in the Westerkerk - Not until 1686, when organ accompaniment to singing had become customary, was the Westerkerk organ built by the father and son team of Duyschot.
		Dispositie hoofdorgel Westerkerk Amsterdam - Markant voor het stadsbeeld van Amsterdam is de Westerkerk met haar karakteristieke...
		Sparkling Baroque by Jos van der Kooy at jsbach.org - Accompaniment/Orchestra:, Flentrop organ (1989-1992), Westerkerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
	www.pluspiano.com /westerkerk-organ.html (701 words)

	Dispositie hoofdorgel Westerkerk Amsterdam
		Markant voor het stadsbeeld van Amsterdam is de Westerkerk met haar karakteristieke toren.
		De creatieve interpretatie van het verleden door de orgelmakers droeg zeker bij tot het resultaat: een orgel dat wortelt in de historie en dat tegelijkertijd bruikbaar is voor de kerkelijke en culturele functie van een grote stadskerk.
		The creative interpretation of the past by the organbuilders certainly contributed to the result: an organ with historical roots that is also usable for the cultural and religious function of a large city church.
	www.josvanderkooy.com /dispamsterdamhoofd.htm (783 words)

	Official destination guide of the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions - Tulips, windmills and more - Churches - ...
		The Westerkerk and the Wester Tower are popular and the subject of the lyrics of numerous songs.
		While Anne Frank was in hiding on nearby Prinsengracht, she could hear the bells of the ‘Old Wester’ toll, which she mentioned in her diary.
		The Westerkerk church, and its Wester Tower, is one of the best-known churches of Amsterdam.
	www.holland.com /us/tulips/churches/westerkerk.html (338 words)

	Churches and cathedrals of Amsterdam
		The quarter is situated at the footstep of the “Old West”, - that’s the Westerkerk (The West Church), where Rembrandt is buried.
		This district, if we turn to the Past used to be a working area, and in the beginning of the 17th century it was the place where french emigrants, Huguenots, lived.
		The project of the Westerkerk was invented by a great architect Jendrik de Keiser.
	medievalamsterdam.com /Churches.html (462 words)

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		Not until 1686, when organ accompaniment to singing had become customary, was the Westerkerk organ built by the father and son team of Duyschot.
		In 1727 is was considerably extended by Vater, and it was further enlarged in the 19th century.
		The Westerkerk is one of the local parishes of the Durch Reformed (Presbyterian) Church.
	www.westerkerk.nl /content/folder-en.htm (627 words)

	View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam by HEYDEN, Jan van der
		A prolific Dutch specialist of the newly developed theme of townscape, van der Heyden was in his day better known as an inventor: he organised municipal street lighting in Amsterdam and patented the first fire engine equipped with pumpdriven hoses.
		It was commissioned by the governing body of the Westerkerk to hang in their meeting room in the church, and the patrons must have specified the dimensions.
		An additional point of interest for the modern viewer is that Rembrandt was buried in the Westerkerk in 1669.
	www.wga.hu /html/h/heyden/westerk.html (360 words)

	Westerkerk/Westertoren, Amsterdam, Netherlands
		Inside the Westerkerk is not very much to see, but it was designed by Hendrick de Keyser, who died in 1621, a year after the church was finished.
		The Westerkerk Church, not too far from the Anne Frank House, is famous for having the tallest church tower in the city, at 85m.
		The tower of the Westerkerk is the highest in Amsterdam.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Netherlands/Provincie_Noord_Holland/Amsterdam-463377/Things_To_Do-Amsterdam-WesterkerkWestertoren-BR-1.html (1025 words)

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		The procession towards the Westerkerk was magnificently grand and solemn, going through the ovations of the crowds and the music played by the military bands.
		In the Westerkerk, the most awaited moment of the day with the solemnization of the wedding in the Calvinist Church.
		At the end of the ceremony, and as the magnificent Trompet Voluntary of Jeremiah Clarke sounded in the Westerkerk, the couple left the church, followed by the members of the Royal Family.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/beatrix1966/wedding2.html (414 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In April, the tower of the Westerkerk was open to visitors, and my friends and I climbed the steep steps to the top tower.
		The Westerkerk guided my friends and I home every night as we walked through the Amsterdam streets, and permanently engrained in my memory is the golden lights of the Westerkerk against the purple-blue Amsterdam night sky.
		For me, the Westerkerk will always be a symbol of home...
	www2.bc.edu /~cappellu/frame2a.htm (167 words)

	View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam by HEYDEN, Jan van der (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In paintings such as his View of the Westerkerk he presented a pristine, sunny image of the city in the 1670s.
		These cityscapes, many of which inventively recombine actual and fictional buildings, are as interesting for their omissions as for their inclusions.
		Van der Heyden's painting takes as its centerpiece the Westerkerk, a church designed in 1620 by Hendrick de Keyser, then the city's most famous architect.
	gallery.euroweb.hu /html/h/heyden/westerke.html (296 words)

	View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Acquired from the estate of Mrs James de Rothschild, by her wish, through the acceptance-in-lieu procedure, 1990.
		It was commissioned by the governors of the Westerkerk, for their meeting room, where it remained until 1864.
		The date, which appears with a signature on the lowest step of one of the houses to the right, is unclear, but probably originally read '1660'.
	www.nationalgallery.org.uk /cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng6526 (137 words)

	Where Is Liz: Picture of the Day
		The Westerkerk is one of the oldest and largest Protestant churches in the Netherlands, dating back to 1631.
		Near the church and in view of the tower, Anne Frank wrote her diary in the Annex, her hiding place from the Nazis.
		In 1966 Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus were married in the Westerkerk.
	www.whereisliz.com /pod/pod203.html (129 words)

	Photographs of the Anne Frank House and the Westerkerk in Amsterdam
		In front of the Westerkerk church is the Homomonument by Karin Daan.
		Homosexual prisoners were identified by a pink triangle which they had to wear on their uniform; Communists and other political prisoners had to wear a red triangle and German criminals in the concentration camps were distinguished by a green triangle.
		For the Anne Frank House, the memory of Anne Frank is directly related to a concern for preserving freedom and maintaining human rights and a pluralistic and democratic society.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /AnneFrank/AnneFrank01.html (1909 words)

	Steve Stoner's Anne Frank House and Westerkerk page. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Here's a picture of the Westerkerk from in front of the Anne Frank House.
		This is a picture of the steeple of the Westerkerk.
		This is a picture of Westerkerk as you come down Raadhuisstraat from the east of the church.
	ourworld.cs.com /iloveamsterdam64/annehouse (226 words)

	Sparkling Baroque by Jos van der Kooy at jsbach.org
		Especially Buxtehude and Bohm are known to have influenced Bach, while any connection between Bach on the one hand and Boyce and Stanley on the other may at best be an indirect one that merely runs through their common interest in Italian music of the day.
		Apart from providing an enjoyable and instructive ôsliceö of Baroque music, this may very well be the first CD to present the Westerkerk organ after its 1989-1992 recreation.
		His playing is neither ôover the topö nor understated, but strikes me as an expression of close identification with, and sincere respect for, the rich tradition entrusted to him.
	www.jsbach.org /kooysparklingbaroque.html (289 words)

	The Westerkerk is a church in Amsterdam Amsterdam finished in 1638... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Westerkerk is a church in Amsterdam Amsterdam finished in 1638...
		The "Westerkerk" is a church in Amsterdam Amsterdam, finished in 1638 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser Hendrick de Keyser.
		"The Westerkerk" The crown topping the spire is the Emperor's Crown of Maximilian I Maximilian I.
	www.biodatabase.de /Westerkerk (118 words)

	upseedown » westerkerk
		I’d been talking up the Westerkerk for the last few weeks, ever since discovering that you can walk all the way up to the bell tower.
		We finally dragged him away with the prospect of climbing the tower and seeing the church bells.
		After the Westerkerk snafu, we walked to Madame Tussauds.
	www.e-ryan.com /amsterdam/?p=72 (733 words)

	Amsterdam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Right across from the stop for our hotel, was the Westerkerk.
		In front of the Westerkerk stands this Anne Frank statue.
		A final shot of the Westerkerk and canal before we leave for Brussels.
	homepage.mac.com /loganfive/Europe_2005/PhotoAlbum19.html (286 words)

	Travel for Kids: Amsterdam
		There are four rental locations – in front of the Westerkerk, at the Leidseplein, in front of the Rijksmuseum, and on the Keizers-gracht near the Leidsestraat bridge.
		Climb up the tower of the Westerkerk – The tower of the Westerkerk church on the Prinsengracht is a landmark in Amsterdam.
		Anne Frank House – Down the street from the Westerkerk is the Anne Frank house, sandwiched in among other houses along the Prinsengracht.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Netherlands/amsterdam.htm (2108 words)

	Westerkerk (West Church) - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Sacred Destinations
		The Renaissance-style Westerkerk in Amsterdam shelters the remains of Rembrandt and his son, Titus, and is where in 1966 Princess (now Queen) Beatrix and Prince Claus said their marriage vows.
		Construction on the Westerkerk began in 1620, at the same time as the Noorderkerk, and opened in 1631.
		The initial designer was Hendrick de Keyser, whose son Pieter took over after his father's death in 1621.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /netherlands/amsterdam-westerkerk.htm (192 words)

	The Hiding Place - the official Anne Frank House website
		Compared to other hiding places, the Secret Annex is a relatively large space.
		The hiding place is close to the Westerkerk, an historical Amsterdam church.
		Anne loves when the bells in its tower chime.
	www.annefrank.org /content.asp?pid=106&lid=2 (170 words)

	Photograph of statue of Anne Frank near the Westerkerk in Amsterdam
		Photograph of statue of Anne Frank near the Westerkerk in Amsterdam
		Statue of Anne Frank stands on Westerkerk plaza near the Anne Frank House
		After entering the "secret Annex" from the second floor, through the door that is concealed by a bookcase, you are standing in a tiny vestibule.
	www.scrapbookpages.com /AnneFrank/AnneFrank03.html (2159 words)

	Inzegening van koninklijk huwelijk waarschijnlijk in de Westerkerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Inzegening van koninklijk huwelijk waarschijnlijk in de Westerkerk
		AMSTERDAM –; De inzegening van het huwelijk van kroonprins Willem-Alexander en Máxima Zorreguieta op 2 februari zal naar alle waarschijnlijkheid in de Westerkerk in Amsterdam plaatshebben.
		Burgemeester Cohen van Amsterdam noemt het een „eer voor de stad” dat het paar in de hoofdstad trouwt.
	oud.refdag.nl /bin/010522binfo04.html (52 words)

	Ambassade Hotel Amsterdam – Amsterdam – Places of interest
		This walking tour focuses on five centuries of building and gardening art for which Amsterdam is famous.
		Apart from church services, the 1631 Westerkerk on the Westermarkt also stages musical events.
		The church is almost next door to the Anne Frank House.
	www.ambassade-hotel.nl /eng/amsterdam/places?page=4 (211 words)

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