Freimaurerei in Holland

Amsterdam

Vrijmetselaarsloge (freemason’s lodge)Architect: P. Heyn (1857-1929) Commissioned by: Stichting van Vrijmetselaren (Freemason’s foundation) Years of construction: 1910-1911 (with the use of two older buildings on this site) From café to temple: the history of this building in a nutshell. In 1873, the beer brewer Gerard Heineken built a beer cellar here after a design by P.J.H. Cuypers. In 1893 it was connected to the 'Huize Vondel' (Vondel House), and in 1904/5 it was rebuilt after a W. Kromhout design as a temple for the Amsterdam Freemason’s Lodge. A major renovation of 1910/11 largely removed all the previous building phases. Geometric Kromhout gave Huize Vondel (Vondel House, left) the appearance of a temple, complete with spandril. During the next renovation in 1910, designed by the architect and freemason P. Heyn, the façades of both Kromhout as well as Cuypers (right) were demolished. The building received a whole new façade, more in accordance with the Berlage style, with two towers, plenty of brick and natural stone and stained glass. The age old symbol of the freemasons graces the middle: the square and compass with the letter G for ‘God and geometry’.

During the German occupation in the Second World War, freemasonry was banned. The building was confiscated and the interior destroyed. After the war the freemasons reoccupied the building and the damage was gradually repaired. The stained glass diamond was added to the rose window in 1946. The polished diamond symbolises the freemason’s quest for the highest conceivable stage.

Prinsessegracht in Den Haag. Foto: Roel Wijnants

<videoflash>gtKkkG6pYO8</videoflash> Dit is een informatieve film over de Vrijmetselarij en de Loge Pentagram (NGGV) in Amsterdam in het bijzonder.

Ein Informationsfilm über Freimaurerei und die Loge "Pentagram" in Amsterdam.

Die holländische Großloge

Quelle: Freimaurerzeitung: Manuscript für Brüder 1850 Januar Jg.4 Nr2

Großbeamte:

• Großmeister: Willem Frederik Karel, Prinz der Niederlande
• Deputierter GM: F. Schouten
• Großaufseher: Verwey Mejan, van Lenepp
• Großredner: Edmund Wilhelm von Dam van Isselt
• Großsekretär: van Rappard
• Großschatzmeister: Barnaart van Bergen

desweiteren: van Hasselt, Hoekwater, Redermeyer, van Rosenthal, Lentfrink, van der Vyver, Willeket Macdonald, Lulofs, Furstner

Die in diesem Lande befindliche Großloge hat folgende Töchter:

in Amsterdam:

• La bien Amiée
• Concordia vincit animos
• La Paix
• La Charité
• Willem Frederik

in Haag:

• L´Union Royale

in Middelburg:

• La Philanthrope

in Leyden:

• La Vertu

in Kampen:

• La profond Silence

in Gröningen:

• L´Union provencale

in Rotterdam:

• De Eendracht
• Frederik Royal
• De Drie Kolommen

in Leeuwarden:

• De Teuesche Trouw

in Deventer:

• Le Préjugé vaincu

in Arnheim:

• De Geldersche Broederschap

in Haarlem:

• Vicit vim virtus

in Breda:

• Het Vry Geweten

in Blissingen:

• L´Astre de L´Orient

in Alkmaar:

• De Nordstar

in Zierikzee:

• De Star in het Oosten

in Delft:

• Silentium

in Gouda:

• De ware Broedertrouw

in Zwolle:

• Fides mutua

in Herzogenbusch:

• De Edelmoedigkeit

in Gordrecht:

• La Flamboyante

in Gorinchem:

• Orde en Vlyt

in Zaandam:

• Anna Paulowna

in Vianen:

• Standvastigheit en trouw

in Helder:

• Willem Frederik Karel

in Purmerend:

• Louisa Augusta

in Utrecht:

• Ultrajectina

in Mastricht:

• La Pérsévérance

in Rymwegen:

• St. Lodewyk

Siehe auch

• Freimaurerei in den Niederlanden
• Königshaus der Niederlande

Links

• Website der Loge Petragram in Amsterdam (Nord-Holland)