Sankt Pouls Kirke
The Sankt Pouls Kirke (also Sankt Povls Kirke ) is a Romanesque church on the Danish island of Bornholm . It is located southwest of Nexø and is named after the apostle Paul .
History and architecture
The church is the youngest Romanesque church on Bornholm and the only one without a tower; The apse , choir and nave were built around 1250. In 1871 the ship was lengthened about 5 m to the west. The three-story bell tower was originally part of the churchyard wall and the entrance to the churchyard. The half-timbered bell storey contains two Lübeck bells from 1664. Between 1775 and 1801 a sacristy was added to the north side of the choir ; a vestibule in front of the south portal is occupied in 1685, but it was fundamentally rebuilt in 1881. The apse is clapboard , the sacristy with tiles, the choir, nave and vestibule with lead.
In the tympanum of the south portal (in the vestibule) there is a heraldic lily , on the east frame of the south portal there is a relief of a man and underneath a chessboard stone , which has special features compared to the numerous chessboard stones in North Jutland, Brandenburg including today's Polish Neumark and Mecklenburg: the chessboard pattern encompasses exactly the 8 x 8 squares of a chess board, the pattern does not extend to the narrow side of the stone, and a backgammon board is carved under the chess board.
The apse has the original hemispherical vault, the choir and nave have a modern, flat wooden ceiling. The apse has three unusual Romanesque windows with cruciform openings. The east wall of the nave has two niches next to the choir arch, in which side altars stood before the Reformation .
Furnishing
The baptismal font made from Gotland limestone is late Romanesque, the baptismal bowl is from around 1575 in southern Germany. The Renaissance style pulpit is from around 1600, the sound cover from around 1800. The organ was installed in 1973.
In 1957 it was discovered that the nave was painted with frescoes on the north, east and south walls; they are dated partly pre-Reformation to around 1400, partly post-Reformation to around 1560; but many were so badly damaged that they could no longer be restored. The Passion and Easter stories were depicted on the north wall of the ship. Only one depiction of the crucifixion and three subsequent scenes are preserved ( Joseph of Arimathia and the women in the tomb of Jesus, the resurrection and the women at the empty tomb).
A fresco with playing animals has been restored on the south wall: a bear plays a pig dancing with another bear with the bagpipes to dance, while two pigs can be seen playing a board game under the beer mug in the center. Most likely, the activities depicted are meant to be branded as sin.
South portal
Checkerboard piece
Ship to the northeast
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Baptismal font
pulpit
Scenes from the Easter story
Playing animals
Web links
- Homepage of the parish (Danish)
- S. Povls Kirke at danmarkskirker.natmus.dk
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sankt Pouls Kirke (Danish), accessed on September 24, 2019.
- ↑ a b Bornholms Museum (ed.): Bornholms old churches . 1999, ISBN 87 88 179 41 9 .
Coordinates: 55 ° 1 '22 " N , 15 ° 2' 25.4" E