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Saint-Martin Tower

The ancient tower of St Martin in Gennep , the neo-Gothic tower portal giving access to the one thousand nine hundred and forty-four-one thousand nine hundred forty-five ruined church and was built between 1868 and 1869 . The design is attributed to the architect Pierre Cuypers . The tower is a visible reminder of the serious damage that North Limburg affected in the recent war years . The tower, together with the Hall of Gennep , the municipal office, the Peter House and the Dutch Reformed Church to the Market an important part of the urban silhouette of Gennep.

Ellen Hoffman Square

The Ellen Hoffman Square is a square mosaic of 600 square meters in the center of Gennep , named Ellen Hoffmann, a Jewish inhabitant who died during World War II . Together with some 280 inhabitants of Gennep artist Frans Smeets and have his daughter Isabelle in 2001 several mosaics formed.Ellen Hoffmann stands for all victims of war and violence. The name also emphasizes the hope for a world with peace and security. It will all have to work to make this dream a reality. The fate of Ellen Hoffmann is unknown, most likely she is killed in a concentration camp . The pond in the middle of the square represents the free will of man again.The fourteen full circles and half circles by five different groups made ​​Gennep, such as Young Netherlands Gennep, Vitesse '08 , veterans and politicians. Gennep some 280 Egyptians wore with its own design as a bit for the square.

City Hall Gennep

The Town Hall is on the market in Gennep Gennep , and was built between 1612 and 1620 was built under the direction of William Van Bommel from Emmerich . The building was built in the Lower Rhine Renaissance style with a monumental octagonal staircase tower. It is no longer in use as hall . The Town Hall, together with Peter House , the municipal office, the old church of St. Martin and the Dutch Reformed Church to the Market an important part of the face of Gennep.After the great fire of 1597 it was decided to rebuild the hall on the present site. Because of the maintenance costs were the largest possible part of the town hall for other arrangements. For example, in the building had housed: a classroom , the residence of the schoolmaster , a field hospital , an emergency church , a post office , a prison and a fire station . In addition, the attic and basement storage space and rented out as a part of the first floor was used as the district court

Peter House Museum

The Peter House Museum is a museum in the Dutch town of Gennep that an archaeological and contemporary collection of objects from the exhibit area. The archaeological collection is suited for scientific research and is housed in a digital overview. There are also temporary exhibitions. The house, together with the Hall of Gennep , the municipal office, the old church of St. Martin and the Dutch Reformed Church to the market an important part of the face of Gennep.

Reformed Church

The Dutch Reformed Church in Gennep has signed a three-sided hall church built between 1661 and 1663 . It is the oldest church on Dutch territory with its own resources built. Until 1816 the church was Dutch Reformed , the predecessor of the Dutch Reformed . The church, together with Peter House , the municipal office, the old church of St. Martin and the City Hall Gennep on the market an important part of the face of Gennep.The church has a small, open, octagonal dakruiter which two bells of different sizes hang from 1695. The bricks for the facade is simply adorned with a baroque , stone entrance. Above this entrance is the weapon of the Lords of Neukirchen-Vluyn applied. They were very dedicated to the chu

Saint-Martin

The Sint-Martinus Gennep is a typical example of the Bossche School . The church was Christmas 1954 inaugurated. Since 2004 , the 50th anniversary of the church, there I am on the front, a reference to Ex. 3:4 of the Bible . In the crypt there since 1984 the religious museum, The Crypt    Until 9 September 2007 this church was the main church of the deanery Gennep . At that time the 83-year-old dean of the oldest blanket Huisman of the Netherlands. The deanery has been lifted and is now under the deanery Venray, which until the 1852 had already heard.

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