Drigstrup Church
Description
Drigstrup Church is located in the village of Drigstrup, about 3 km west of Kerteminde in southern Denmark. In the Middle Ages, the church was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The chancel and nave were built in the Romanesque period of fieldstones with dressed corner stones on a chamfered plinth, and the original rectangular south portal is still preserved.
A tower and porch were added around the time of the Reformation. The tower features blind gables typical of northern Funen, while the porch has pointed-arch blind niches. The churchyard contains the graves of the painter Fritz Syberg, his wife Gudrun, and their children. A relief by their son Hans Syberg, depicting Fritz Syberg at his easel, stands by the west wall, with related reliefs now displayed in the porch.
Late Gothic vaults were inserted into the church, and the chancel vault contains wall paintings dated to about 1500–1520, uncovered in 1971. The interior includes a Baroque pulpit from 1703, a late Gothic chancel crucifix, and a Romanesque granite baptismal font decorated with primitive vine motifs and carved figures.
Address
Drigstrup Bygade 2, Kerteminde, Denmark
Established
c. 1200