Brudager Church
Description
Brudager Church is located in the village of Brudager, about 6 km north-east of Svendborg in the Region of Southern Denmark. The chancel and nave were built in the Romanesque period using rough fieldstones, with roughly dressed stone blocks at the corners. The eastern window is blocked but still retains its original stone frame.
Archaeological excavations inside the church uncovered fragments of painted Gothic window glass in front of the east window, including part of a figure of Christ. The round-arched north door is blocked, while the south door remains in use. The tower was added in the late Gothic period and is built of fieldstones and monk bricks, with corner pilaster strips and tall blind niches.
The nave has a flat wooden ceiling, while the chancel received a vaulted ceiling in the late Gothic period. The chancel arch was reshaped into a pointed arch. On the triumphal wall north of the chancel arch, a late Gothic wall painting of the Crucifixion has been uncovered. The altarpiece is a late Gothic winged altarpiece: the central shrine shows a Mercy Seat flanked by two female saints, while the wings are painted with scenes from the 18th century. The pulpit dates from around 1600.
The Romanesque granite baptismal font is decorated with vine scrolls above arcading on the bowl, with carved heads below; additional corner heads appear on the square base.
Address
Brudager Bygade 2, Svendborg, Denmark
Established
1250