St. Mary's Church (Oslo)
The Marienkirche in Oslo is the ruin of a Gothic church building.
Around the year 1000 there was probably a first wooden missionary church at this point. It was later replaced by a Romanesque stone chapel for the king and his entourage. Around 1300 King Håkon V had a representative brick Gothic church built with two west towers instead . Roskilde Cathedral may have served as a model. The richly appointed church was looted and set on fire in a Swedish attack in 1523 . In the 16th century it was completely ruined.
The ruins of the Marienkirche were rediscovered around 1868. Archaeological excavations took place under the direction of Nicolay Nicolaysen . A double and a single grave were found in the middle of the choir. Two skulls could very likely be assigned to King Håkon V and his wife Euphemia . In the older individual grave, an almost complete skeleton of an approximately 60-year-old man was found, who is probably Prince Wizlaw II of Rügen .
Today the ruin belongs to the “Middelalderparken” in Oslo.
literature
- Per Holck: The Rügen prince Witzlaw II and his grave in Oslo . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . New series, Vol. 87, NG Elwert, Marburg 2001, pp. 36–45 ( digital copy ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicolay Nicolaysen . Entry in the Norske Leksikon store. (Norwegian)
Coordinates: 59 ° 54 ′ 12.6 " N , 10 ° 45 ′ 44.1" E