Country churches (Ravnsborg)

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Dense early medieval country churches in Denmark and southern Sweden. The brown tones indicate the average distances: dark under 2.5 km, medium 2.5–5 km and light 5–7.5 km

The twelve country churches of Ravnsborg on the Danish island of Lolland are a genus of mostly medieval churches with surprisingly individual Nordic architecture and design in the Ravnsborg municipality in the far north-west of the island, little affected by war and other influences .

Birket

The yellow-limed and red-roofed hall church is located near the highest hill in Lolland and has a number of late Gothic frescoes . The small organ was built by Knud (1842–1894), the son of the famous organ builder Peter Mortensen Gudme (1806–1887). Your altar , which Benedikt Dreyer designed, is in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen . The unique on Lolland, built around 1350 and thus the oldest surviving wooden, black church tower , stands a little apart on a burial mound . In the choir vault there are fragments of ancient frescoes . A baptismal font from the 12th century with a relief in the Gotland style has its counterpart in the monastery church of Ystad in Sweden .

Fejø

Located on the beach of the island of the same name, which belongs to the Association of Danish Small Islands, the white church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The squat church, perhaps dating back to the 13th century, has an altarpiece and a pulpit from the 16th century, carved by an unknown master who is also considered to be the creator of other altars on Lolland.

Femø

Located on the neighboring island of the same name, St. Nicholas is also dedicated. The late Gothic building with lime paintings was built from bricks and field stones, the tower was added later. The pulpit is believed to date from 1580 and is considered the oldest of the 12 churches.

  • Ravnsborg rural churches

  • Birket Kirke

  • Fejø Kirke

  • Femø Kirke

  • Herredskirke

  • Horslunde Kirke

  • Købelev church

  • Løjtofte North Church

  • Historical postcard of the Noebbetkirke

  • Sandby Kirke

Herredskirke

Probably the oldest Romanesque church in Ravnsborg, dating from 1284, was probably the focus of local activities in north-west Lolland. A carving is well worth seeing above the choir arch.

Horslunde

The originally Romanesque , but often rebuilt, church dedicated to Sankt Hans (Midsummer Festival) is the largest in Ravnsborg and is characterized by the nearby seat of the Reventlow family from Ålstrup, whose burial chapel is in the tower. The Reventlow family belongs to the Danish-German nobility . On the pulpit from 1594 and the baptismal font are the family crests of those of Reventlow and Holstein-Ledreborg. The former Danish Prime Minister Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1748–1827) is buried in the cemetery.

Købelev

The elegant red brick building is dedicated to St. Nicholas and very eye-catching. The simple baptismal font is made of Gotland sandstone , the altarpiece is by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg . The church organ is one of many Gudme organs that can still be found. One of the pews from 1646 belonged to Otte Jensøn Kuld , leader of the resistance during the Swedish Wars . The two wives of Bishop Rasmus Møller (1763–1842), who were the mothers of the poet Poul Martin Møller (1794–1838) and (from his first marriage) Christian Winther (1796–1876), are lying in the cemetery .

Løjtofte

The church in the middle of the village is the most epigonal of the twelve churches. Their baptismal font is also made of Gotland sandstone and is a gem among Denmark's baptismal fonts. The sexton's chair dates from 1575. The original altarpiece is also in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.

Nøbbet

The red brick church is the youngest. It was only inaugurated in 1908. The choir has a vault while the nave has a beamed ceiling. The tower, which is otherwise always axially, is shifted towards the northwest corner.

Nordlunde

The typical surface structure of the brick Gothic with the alternation of red bricks and whitewashed wall surfaces gives the towerless, tightly rising church its character. Ornate masonry particularly adorns the choir gable. Your Gotland baptismal font dates from 1250. The altarpiece is also in the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. The current one is from 1864.

Utterslev

The handsome whitewashed church is located in the middle of the village. It has a brick frieze on the choir and nave. The renaissance altarpiece from 1618 is made of oak. The pulpit also dates from the 17th century, from the workshop of Abel Schrøder.

Sandby

The church with the most beautiful of all Ravnsborg pulpits has a large Gothic tower and a Romanesque nave and choir. It comes from Hans Gudewerth the Younger , from whose workshop parts of the altarpiece also come. The church is the only one with a crypt under the choir.

Vindeby

The youngest of the late Romanesque churches in Ravnsborg, which is characterized by its massive tower, is whitewashed, stands in the middle of the village and is dedicated to St. Andreas. The distinctive altarpiece shows the evangelists and Christ with the globe and comes from an unknown island master. The polygonal baptismal font is nine-sided. A pre-Reformation winged altarpiece is located above the choir arch and the walls show remains of frescoes.

literature

  • H. Bitsch: The churches of the Ravnsborg parish . 1993