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style is from about 1600 with original paintings. The pulpit is considered one of the best preserved in Denmark. It has double pointy arched engravings and circles filled with tracery, dated to about 1500. The organ is new, from 1981, placed in an organ house from the late 18th century. In the choir
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in the corners, windows and doors. The arched doors have been preserved although the northern door has been walled off and only the southern is in use. Tower and porch were erected somewhere between the 12th and 16th century in
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The interior furniture is well-preserved. The front of the altar table is covered by a panel with a picture of
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with a population of 4.800 within the parish (2015). In medieval times the church was devoted to
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there's a figure stone for Maren Wellomsdatter (dead 1650) and two men. The
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granite baptistery has double lions around a shared head.
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Georg Samsing, who donated the panel. The altarpiece in
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56°12′59″N 10°15′55″E / 56.216504°N 10.265259°E / 56.216504; 10.265259
Aarhus
Denmark
Denmark
Denomination
Church of Denmark
Catholic Church
Church
Romanesque
Materials
Brick
Archdiocese
Diocese of Aarhus
Danish
Egå
Aarhus
Denmark
Risskov
Bay of Aarhus
Church of Denmark
Jude the Apostle
Simon the Zealot
climate crisis
National Council of Churches in Denmark
romanesque style
ashlar
gothic style
Aarhus Cathedral
King David

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