Jan de Bakker
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Jan Jansz de Bakker van Woerden was a Roman Catholic priest who was the first priest in the Northern Netherlands to be put to death as a direct result of his beliefs.
Jan de Bakker
Gevangenpoort in The Hague where Jan de Bakker was incarcerated prior to his execution in 1525
Statue of Johan de Witt at De Plaats in The Hague. His two fingers point at the place where he was lynched in 1672. This is also the place where Jan de Bakker was executed in 1525.
Woerden
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Woerden is a city and a municipality in the Province of Utrecht in the central Netherlands, 15 km west of Utrecht and 32 km south of Amsterdam.
Jan de Bakker
…priest who was the first priest in the Northern Netherlands to be put to death as a direct result of his beliefs. Jan de Bakker's father was a sexton in Woerden and also tenant of the brickworks, and his surname may have been derived from that profession. Bakker was a pupil of Johannes Rhodius (Hinne Rode…
Aerial view of Woerden in 2013
Underground parking facility Castellum with photos of Roman archeological finds
Castle of Woerden
Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg with the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, awarded in 1573 by Philip II of Spain for his services as army commander.