Saint Lambert (Kralingen)

The Saint Lambert is a Roman Catholic church in Rotterdam - Kralingen .

The Lambert stands on the corner of Lower Oostzeedijk and Hoflaan . He was in neo-Gothic style designed by Evert Margry, a student of PJH Cuypers , and built in the period 1875 - 1878 . The church was dedicated on June 26, 1878 in St. Lambert, the patron saint of Rotterdam.

Originally, the interior of the church kept simple, but in 1900 the church received a new organ of the famous organ builders Maarschalkerweerd & Zn. In 1903 the interior of the church was provided with polychrome paintings . In the nineteen twenties the aisles were built.

In the tower there are two bells with the show G 'and D' '. They have electric loud devices. Back of the church located in the northern Mary Choir there is a little loud bell that supposedly hung in the turret and the angelus bell served.

The Saint Lambert is a national monument . The view of the Upper Oostzeedijk is not hindered by the homebuilding on the Lower East Seawall. As a result, the high spire of St. Lambertus a more striking appearance.

The name of the nearby Lambertusstraat is first mentioned in 1874. Also not far is the Lambertweg, named in 1927 to the Lambert family that had produced in the 18th and 19th centuries, several mayors of Rotterdam.