The White Church is a white-plastered church on Heerenweg in the North Holland town of Heiloo. The building was built between the 11th and 17th centuries in tuff stone. The church has not been used as such since 2001, in which year the Ter Coulsterkerk was completed and took over its main task as a Protestant church. Only special celebrations are still held in the White Church. The building is also used as a cultural centre and is open to the public on Wednesdays during the summer months. The church was painted white between 1822 and 1829 to disguise earlier repairs. Only since the Second World War has it been referred to as the Witte Kerkje and later the Witte Kerk. There is a Willibrordus well in the churchyard wall. The history of the Witte Kerk in Heiloo, or at least a small church on the same site, goes back to the first half of the eighth century, when the first Christian preachers settled in this area. These were monks who came here from England and Ireland to preach the gospel among the (West) Frisians. According to the aforementioned tradition, the well near the church sprung up at the hands of Willibrord and bears his name for that reason. Archaeological research has shown that the well is indeed very old but it has not been possible to determine whether it was already present at the time of Willibrord and Bonifacius.
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