Eemklooster
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Outside the city, the Onze Lieve Vrouw ter Eem convent complex, one of the largest in the Netherlands, was built between 1931-1933. This rare example of Delft School architecture in Amersfoort was designed by architect B.J. Koldewey (1895-1958) for the Sisters of Our Lady of Amersfoort. The complex included a convent for the nuns, a chapel and two girls' schools with boarding schools.
Initially, there was room for one hundred girls, and after an expansion in 1938, for two hundred. After the war, the high school was also expanded, but ten years later, enrollment had already begun to decline. In 1981, the boarding school was closed, and parts of the convent were leased out. In 2008, the last nuns left. The Eemklooster now houses many cultural heritage institutions.
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