Kolind Church
The Kolind Church is located near Nimtofte , in the middle of Djursland in the Danish Jutland . It belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran People's Church in Denmark . The construction of the church began in 1868 and was completed in 1919. He replaced a small Romanesque church from the 12th or 13th century, which was torn down due to age-related deterioration. The church seats 225 people.
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The Romanesque style has been retained and many materials from the old church have been reused. Among other things, these are the (now walled up) women's entrance on the north side, a granite portal with a tympanum field and the Romanesque granite baptismal font. An abstract glass mosaic window by Mogens Jørgensen was added in 1956 .
Runestone from Kolind
In the armory ( Karnhaus ) is the rune stone DR 108, the inscription of which suggests that the Vikings also went on raids with ships from Kolindsund . The stone was discovered in 1868 when the church was rebuilt; it was used as a doorstep in the passage of the church to the armory. The stone is of particular importance because it shows the remains of a double spiral ornament above the inscription and the inscription was created according to the framing principle, which connects the first word of the inscription with the last. In addition, he is the only Danish Gardarike runestone that writes about a death in the east.
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 112 (rune stone)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heiko Fritz, Joachim Feik: Midgard - on the trail of the Vikings . ISBN 978-3-8370-4168-2 , pp. 131 .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 21 ′ 42.3 " N , 10 ° 35 ′ 28.3" E