Church of Eke
The Church of Eke ( Swedish Eke kyrka ) is a country church that belongs to the parish (Swedish församling ) Eke. It is located between Route 142 and the east coast of the Swedish island of Gotland , 53 km south of Visby and 7.5 km south of Hemse .
Church building
In the first half of the 13th century the choir and nave were built in the Romanesque style. The church tower was added later around 1300 . The church is mostly made of sandstone. During the restoration in 1916, the wooden floor was broken open. By means of dendrochronological dating it was learned that the wooden planks come from the 1070s. The planks used to belong to a stave church .
Interior and equipment
- The font is particularly well preserved. It was made by the master stonemason Sighraf towards the end of the 12th century . Relief figures with six different scenes can be seen on it:
- Annunciation
- Mary and Elizabeth
- The birth of Jesus Christ
- Adoration of the Magi
- The kings experience a revelation in a dream
- The kings on horseback
- A well-preserved image of the Virgin dates from around 1500.
- The current pulpit with canopy dates from around 1730.
- The bank furnishings, painted with flowers, are from the first half of the 18th century.
inner space
inner space
Baptismal font from the 12th century
literature
- Erland Lagerlöf, Gunnar Svahnström: The churches of Gotland. Stein, Kiel 1991, ISBN 3-89392-049-8 , pp. 113-114.
Web links
- guteinfo (Swedish)
- Orgelanders (Swedish)
- Webgalleri Gotland (Swedish)
- PaGotland ( Memento from August 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Swedish)
- Building register at Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
Coordinates: 57 ° 10 ′ 4.9 ″ N , 18 ° 22 ′ 45 ″ E