The Stulp Church. Ned. Reformed Church.

What a beautiful little church. The surrounding is absolutely beautiful. It’s green and the church is well maintained. It’s closed for visitors. That’s a pity. Behind the church is a small graveyard. The son of Princess Beatrix, is buried there. You can find the grave of Friso van Oranje-Nassau van Amsberg in the corner of the graveyard, near the fence. You can park your car just around the corner in the opposite of Restaurant Hotel De Kastanjehof.

Nice little church, in a nice area, with a lot of history.

Nice church. Appealing text on the entrance gate

It is a beautiful church. Too bad it is not accessible for viewing. Behind the church is a cemetery where Prince Friso is also buried. There is a simple stone on his grave. History: On July 5, 1657, a service was held for the first time in the barn of the Stulp farm behind the Drakenstein castle. Drakestein Castle was built in 1640 and Gerard van Rede was the first lord of Drakenstein. After the latter had donated land to build a church in 1657, money had to be raised for the construction. Noble families from the area donated money, but subsidies also came from Amsterdam and Alkmaar. The Protestant church is built in the shape of a cross with short cross arms and a three-sided closure in traditional Gothic shapes. The cross shape of the building is quite rare for a Protestant church. In the church is the so-called Koninginnebank, a bank that was in use by the Dutch Royal Family until Queen Beatrix moved to The Hague in 1981. The back seat was for the queen, the front one for the court staff. In 1988 the pulpit and the queen's bench were moved. The Bible from the royal bank has been on the lectern in the church ever since. Queens Emma and Wilhelmina also had their own seating here, although the current sofa dates from 1938. The bank has its own entrance to the outside so that a royal party did not have to go all over the church to reach it. Source: Wikipedia

Beautiful and lovely church, there was a choir rehearsing so we could take a look inside