Top Historic Sights in Hedensted, Denmark
Explore the historic highlights of Hedensted
Hedensted Church
Hedensted Church was built around 1175. It is especially noted for its early Romanesque murals showing Christ, St. Peter, and St. Paul.
Founded: c. 1175 |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Bjerre Church
The whitewashed church in Bjerre has a choir and nave from Romanesque period with a late Gothic tower to the west and a later porch to the south. The Romanesque building is in travertine without any visible plinth, and it has not kept special original details. In the late Gothic period was in the choir built one, in the nave three cross vaults and the choir arch was extended. At almost the same time the tower was added wi ...
Founded: c. 1150 |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Linnerup Church
The original Romanesque Linnerup Church is changed much in recent times. Only the choir has been preserved, its outer walls were in 1880 walled with small bricks. A Romanesque window is still seen as a niche in the eastern wall. The dilapidated nave was broken down and rebuilt in 1866. The tower was built at the same time. In the choir is built a late Gothic cross vault, the nave has a boarded tagstol (roof stool) (chan ...
Founded: 12th century |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Ørum Church
Ørum Church was built in the 12-13th centuries in Romanesque style. The choir and nave date from that age, the vaults are Gothic. There is no tower, the belfry in the churchyard is modern. The altarpiece was painted by Gustav Theodor Wegener in 1857. The pulpit dates also from the 19th century.
Founded: 13th century |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Barrit Church
The church in Barrit origins probably from 1152-1160. It was originally white. The church went through several re-buildings but the present look is from a main restoration in 1879, where the old church was re-walled with red bricks from a demolished tilework in Breth.
Founded: 1152-1160 |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Ølsted Church
The middle nave, choir and apse of Ølsted church date from the 11th century. The Gothic tower was added in the 16th century and was altered in the mid-19th century. The altarpiece dates from the 18th century.
Founded: 11th century |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Klakring Church
Klakring Church was built in the 13th century in Romanesque style. The tower and porch were added during the large restoration in 1860s. The pulpit dates from 1625.
Founded: 13th century |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark
Hvirring Church
The apse, choir and nave of Romanesque style Hvirring Church are built of granite. It was erected around 1175. The pulpit dates from the late 1500s.
Founded: c. 1175 |
Location:
Hedensted, Denmark