Lutherse Hofje

Luthers Hofje today. In the back of the small houses is the Regent's room and adjoining outdoor pulpit. Behind the houses on the left is the Lutheran Church. The original houses were these built against the church and the houses on the opposite side of the garden were built later.

Lutherse hofje

Frans Loenenhofje

The Lutherse hofje is in the Witte Heren straat on the north side of the Lutherse Kerk (Haarlem), and the Frans Loenenhofje is on the southern side of that church.

The Lutherse Hofje is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands.

History

The hofje was founded by the Lutheran Church in 1615. Originally the people living in the hofje were members of this church, but nowadays only the board of the hofje is appointed by the Lutheran Church. The hofje adjoins the Lutheran church itself, and has an unusual addition in the garden, namely an outdoor pulpit. From this pulpit, the minister could address the women in the hofje.

Luthers Hofje in 1910.
Regent's room.

With 5 houses, it is the smallest hofje in Haarlem.

Location: Witte Herenstraat 20

Coordinates: 52°23′02″N 4°37′54″E / 52.38389°N 4.63167°E / 52.38389; 4.63167

Dutch Rijksmonument 19833

References

Haarlemse Hofjes, Dr. G. H. Kurtz, Schuyt & Co. Haarlem 1972

Hofjes in Haarlem * click for map

Hofje van Staats Hofje van Noblet Teylers Hofje Hofje van Bakenes Coomanshof Hofje In den Groenen Tuin Hofje van Guurtje de Waal Frans Hals Museum Vrouwe- en Antonie Gasthuys Proveniershuis Remonstrants Hofje Wijnbergshofje Bruiningshofje Hofje van Loo Lutherse Hofje Hofje van Oorschot Frans Loenenhofje Brouwershofje Zuiderhofje Hofje Codde en Van Beresteijn Gravinnehofje Johan Enschedé Hof Hofje van Willem Heythuijsen

See also: Hofje

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