Nieuwe Kerk (Delft)

Nieuwe Kerk
Nieuwe Kerk, Delft
Location
Location	Delft, Netherlands
Geographic coordinates	52°00′44″N 4°21′39″E / 52.0123°N 4.3609°E / 52.0123; 4.3609
Architecture
Type	Church tower
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	1396
Completed	1496
Height (max)	108.75 m (356.79 ft)
Designated as NHL	Dutch rijksmonument #11872

The Nieuwe Kerk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈniʋə ˈkɛr(ə)k]; English: New Church) is a Protestant church in the city of Delft in the Netherlands. The building is located on Delft Market Square (Markt), opposite to the City Hall (Dutch: Stadhuis). In 1584, William the Silent was entombed here in a mausoleum designed by Hendrick and Pieter de Keyser. Since then members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been entombed in the royal crypt. The latest are Queen Juliana and her husband Prince Bernhard in 2004. The private royal family crypt is not open to the public. The church tower, with the most recent recreation of the spire which was designed by Pierre Cuypers and completed in 1872,^[1] is the second highest in the Netherlands, after the Domtoren in Utrecht.