Fredens Church

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Fredens Church
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56°07′45″N10°11′01″E / 56.129163°N 10.183495°E / 56.129163; 10.183495 Coordinates: 56°07′45″N10°11′01″E / 56.129163°N 10.183495°E / 56.129163; 10.183495
Location Aarhus, Denmark
Country Denmark
Denomination Church of Denmark
History
Status Church
Architecture
Completed1960
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Fredens Parish
Archdiocese Diocese of Aarhus

Fredens Church (Danish: Fredenskirken, Peace Church) is a church in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is located in the district of Viby, 3 km south of Aarhus city centre. It is a parish church within the Church of Denmark, servicing a parish population of 7.145 (2015). [1] [2] Fredens Church was built between 1958 and 1960 from designs by architects F. Niclasen and Aksel Skov when Fredens Parish was created from northern areas of Viby Parish in 1960. The church features the church room, a chapel and community facilities which encloses a courtyard. [3] The name of the church and parish means "The peace" and refers both to hope for peace following the Second World War and the Fredensvang neighbourhood the church is situated in. [4]

Danish language North Germanic language spoken in Denmark

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Aarhus City in Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality. It is located on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula, in the geographical centre of Denmark, 187 kilometres (116 mi) northwest of Copenhagen and 289 kilometres (180 mi) north of Hamburg, Germany. The inner urban area contains 273,077 inhabitants and the municipal population is 340,421. Aarhus is the central city in Business Region Aarhus and in the East Jutland metropolitan area, which had a total population of 1.378 million in 2016.

Denmark constitutional monarchy in Europe

Denmark, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country and the southernmost of the Scandinavian nations. Denmark lies southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and is bordered to the south by Germany. The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island. The islands are characterised by flat, arable land and sandy coasts, low elevation and a temperate climate. Denmark has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi), and the total area including Greenland and the Faroe Islands is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of 5.8 million.

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Fredens Church maintains friendly relations with a Catholic church in Pesaro, Italy at the Adriatic Sea with frequent visits between the two congregations. [5]

Pesaro Comune in Marche, Italy

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Italy republic in Southern Europe

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Adriatic Sea Body of water between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula

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Architecture

The church has a modern design and is constructed of red brick. The original design called for a single, large building for the main church room, a small perpendicular wing for storage and offices and a simple church tower. The tower was free standing and separated from the main church buildings. In 1986 the adjoining wing was renovated and the flat roof was made into a saddle roof with trussed rafters. In 1990 the church received a new facade of red brick, the tower was capped with a copper roof and a porch was added to the main entrance. In 1997 the parish took over the cemetery from Aarhus Municipality and a new wing with offices was added, enclosing the church tower in a courtyard. [5]

Saddle roof

A saddle roof is a roof form which follows a convex curve about one axis and a concave curve about the other. The hyperbolic paraboloid form has been used for roofs at various times since it is easily constructed from straight sections of lumber, steel, or other conventional materials. The term is used because the form resembles the shape of a saddle.

Aarhus Municipality municipality in the Central Denmark Region

Aarhus Municipality, until 2011 formerly known as Århus Municipality, is a municipality in Central Denmark Region, on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

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References

  1. ↑ "Fakta om sognet" (in Danish). Church of Denmark . Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Fredens Kirke" (in Danish). Kort Til Kirken. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Aarhus 2151" (PDF) (in Danish). National Museum of Denmark . Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kirkebygningens Historie" (PDF) (in Danish). Fredens Church. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Venskabsmenigheden i italien" (in Danish). Fredens Church. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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