In 1831
The church on the Kerkstraat, built by the Catholics in 1559 and Reformed since 1578, is pulled down.
A likely cause of the building's poor condition is the draining of the polder twenty years earlier: the church stood on the edge of the drained polder, and its foundations subsided.
Provenance This comes from the series J.J. Roovers set down up to 1970. The wording here is this site’s own. View the source
On this spot
Ontmoetingskerk (formerly the Reformed church)
- 1559 In the year 1559
- 1578 In the year 1578
- 1831 On 14 July 1831
- 1832 On 22 April 1832
- 1858 In 1858
- 1929 In 1929
- 2011 On 6 February 2011
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In 1970
The small church of the Evangelisation Society, dating from 1870, is demolished. In its place comes the Netherlands Reformed meeting hall 't Anker.
In the year 1306
By this date a small Roman Catholic church already stands on the Kerkstraat (Church Street).
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.
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.
In the year 1578
The Reformation reaches Nieuwveen. The 1559 church on the Kerkstraat passes into Reformed hands. The village's Catholics from now on belong to the parish of Zevenhoven.