Westerkerk

Westerkerk
The Westerkerk in 2015
Religion
AffiliationProtestant Church in the Netherlands
RiteCalvinist
Parish church
Location
LocationPrinsengracht 281, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Interactive map of Westerkerk
Coordinates52°22′28″N 4°53′1″E / 52.37444°N 4.88361°E / 52.37444; 4.88361
Architecture
ArchitectHendrick de Keyser
StyleDutch Renaissance
Groundbreaking1620
Completed1631
Website
www.westerkerk.nl

The Westerkerk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɛstərˌkɛr(ə)k]; English: Western Church) is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood (Centrum borough), next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.