On 22 April 1832
The new Reformed church in the Kerkstraat is taken into use.
Provenance This line was not in the typed document. It was looked up in public sources afterwards and added.
On this spot
Ontmoetingskerk (formerly the Reformed church)
- 1559 In the year 1559
- 1578 In the year 1578
- 1831 In 1831
- 1831 On 14 July 1831
- 1858 In 1858
- 1929 In 1929
- 2011 On 6 February 2011
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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 14 July 1831
The foundation stone is laid for the new Reformed church on the same site. The architect is Elsmeyer of Nieuwkoop.
Under the State Regulation of 1798 the tower had become the property of the civil municipality, and it is therefore rebuilt at the municipality's commission, to a design by Theo Molkenboer of Leiden. The cost is estimated at 2,100 guilders.
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 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.