Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Gennep

The Protestant Church in Gennep is a three-sided closed hall church built between 1661 and 1663. It is the oldest church on Dutch territory that was built with its own funds. Until 1816 the church was Nederduits gereformeerd, the predecessor of the Dutch Reformed. Together with the Petershuis, the municipal office, the old steeple of the Sint-Martinus church and the Gennep town hall on the Markt, the church forms an important part of the Gennep scenery.

The church has a small, open, eight-sided roof truss, in which hang 2 bells of different sizes from 1695. The brick façade is simply decorated with a baroque, natural stone entrance. Above this entrance there is the coat of arms of the Lords of Neukirchen-Vluyn. They were very devoted to the church.

The church has a barrel vault and on the floor are 17th-century tiles. The oak wood carved pulpit has been in this church since its completion in 1663. One of the chandeliers had to be replaced after the devastation of World War II; the other dates from 1671. The church organ was donated in 1708 by Godfried van Neukirchen and Aldia van Tengnagel at their wedding and could be used from 1715 onwards. Only part of the pipes, the praise work and the two angels, standing on the organ, were spared during the fighting of 1944-1945.