In the year 1306
By this date a small Roman Catholic church already stands on the Kerkstraat (Church Street).
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On this spot
Kerkstraat (Church Street)
- 1331 On 21 July 1331
- 1357 On 13 October 1357
- 1567 In 1567
- 1640 In the year 1640
- 1828 In the year 1828
- 1830 In the year 1830
- 1878 On 20 January 1878
- 1880 On 4 May 1880
- 1895 On 22 December 1895
- 1914 In 1914
- 1917 On 14 May 1917
- 1922 On 27 June 1922
- 1927 In 1927
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In the year 1559
A new Roman Catholic church goes up on the Kerkstraat, replacing the small one already there. The old church was dedicated to St Anne; the new one took St Nicholas as its patron.
On 19 August 1867
The first Roman Catholic church since the Reformation opens on the Dorpsstraat. It had no tower yet; that would follow as soon as the money was there.
The Roman Catholic church on the Dorpsstraat, the first since the Reformation. View larger → On 1 April 2011
Founding of the Parochiefederatie HH. Clara en Franciscus, into which the parish of St Nicholas, founded in 1865, is absorbed. It later continues as the Heilige Clara Parochie.
In 2026
The diocese of Rotterdam agrees to the disposal of three of the six church buildings of the Heilige Clara Parochie. The H. Nicolaaskerk on the Dorpsstraat – taken into use on 19 August 1867, with the 1886 tower paid for out of his own pocket by parish priest J.J. Bruijstens – closes in 2028.
The parish council is aiming to keep the listed buildings in use with a new public function.
On 21 July 1331
The oldest firm mention of the village name. Count Willem III grants permission to sell "die leenacker legghende bi der kerc lane te Nuwenvene" — the fief-field lying by the church lane at Nuwenvene. Both the name Nuwenvene and the Kerkstraat – then "der kerc lane" – are therefore on record in 1331.
The medieval church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas and was in the gift of the Counts of Holland.
On 13 October 1357
Count Willem states that he has no objection to the exchange of Willem van Schade, priest at Nieuwveen, with one Servaas, priest at Bunschoten.