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The Grand Orient of the Netherlands or Grand East of the Netherlands (Dutch: Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden) is a Masonic Grand Lodge in the Netherlands. It falls within the mainstream Anglo-American tradition of Freemasonry, being recognized by The United Grand Lodge of England[1] and the 51 Grand Lodges in the United States. In addition to its jurisdiction over nine districts[2] in the Netherlands, it also administers three Lodges in Suriname through the Provincial Grand Lodge of Suriname,[3] three lodges in Curaçao, one in South Africa, one in Thailand,[4] and through the Provincial Grand Lodge of the Caribbean, three lodges in Aruba and one in St. Maarten.[3] In the Netherlands it claims to have 145 lodges with 5,792 members.[5]
It also runs the Prince Frederick Museum and has an online catalogue available for its library.
It was founded in either 1756[5] or 1757.[6]
- ^ Foreign Grand Lodges Recognised by The United Grand Lodge of England - Europe Archived 2004-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 10 August 2008
- ^ "Regio's". Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ a b "Provinciale grootloges". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ "Buiten Nederland". Archived from the original on 2008-10-25. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ a b Orde van Vrijmetselaren onder het Grootoosten der Nederlanden, English language version
- ^ The Builder magazine, 1924