This list of churches in Odsherred Municipality lists church buildings in Odsherred Municipality, Denmark. The municipality is located in the northwestern corner of the island of Zealand.
This list of churches in Odsherred Municipality lists church buildings in Odsherred Municipality, Denmark. The municipality is located in the northwestern corner of the island of Zealand.
Odsherred Municipality belongs to the Diocese of Roskilde, a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. It is divided into 13 parishes. A fourteenth church in the municipality, Vallekilde valgmenighedskirke, is associated with Vallekilde Folk High School.
| Name | Location | Year | Coordinates | Image | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asnæs Church | Asnæs | c. 1150 | 55°48′35.7″N11°20′54.5″E / 55.809917°N 11.348472°E |  | |
| Egebjerg Church | Egebjerg | 12th century | 55°50′42.7″N11°40′49.5″E / 55.845194°N 11.680417°E |  | |
| Fårevejle Church | Fårevejle | c. 1100 | 55°48′8.92″N11°26′32.67″E / 55.8024778°N 11.4424083°E |  | [1] |
| Grevinge Church | Grevinge | c. 1170 | 55°47′54.3″N11°33′15.3″E / 55.798417°N 11.554250°E |  | [2] |
| Højby Church | Højby | c. 1150 | 55°44′46″N11°35′58″E / 55.74611°N 11.59944°E |  | [3] |
| HHørve Church | Hørve | 55°45′27″N11°27′17″E / 55.75750°N 11.45472°E |  | ||
| Lumsås Church | Lumsås | 1896 |  | [4] | |
| Nørre Asmindrup Church | Nørre Asmindrup | 12th century | 55°53′15.76″N11°37′18.58″E / 55.8877111°N 11.6218278°E |  | [5] |
| Nykøbing Sjælland Church | Nykøbing Sjælland | c. 1125 |  | ||
| Odden Church | Odden | 13th century | 55°57′32.04″N11°23′52.85″E / 55.9589000°N 11.3980139°E |  | |
| Rørvig Church | Rørvig | c. 1150 | 55°56′52.5″N11°26′32.67″E / 55.947917°N 11.4424083°E |  | [6] |
| Vallekilde Church | Vallekilde | 12th century |  | [7] | |
| Vallekilde | 1882 |  | [8] | ||
| Vig Church | Nykøbing Sjælland |  | [9] |
Odsherred municipality is a municipality in Odsherred, Region Sjælland in Denmark. It covers an area of 355 km² with a total population of 32,977 (2023). Its seat is the town of Højby.
Odsherred is a peninsula in the north-western part of the island Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. Odsherred stretches from the Sjællands Odde in the north-west to the now drained Lammefjord in the south, covering an area with a wide range of the most typical Danish landscapes: long sandy beaches, small rolling hills and farming. The peninsula is served by the railway Odsherredsbanen, which runs through the most important towns, including Nykøbing Sjælland, Asnæs and Hørve.
Ivar Bentsen was a Danish architect and educator. He was a central figure in the Bedre-Byggeskik movement and succeeded Carl Petersen as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts's School of Architecture in 1923. He was awarded the C. F. Hansen Medal in 1943.
Vallekilde Folk High School is a Danish institution of adult education in the folk high school tradition. The school is located in the village of Vallekilde in Odsherred municipality on the island of Zealand.
Højby Church is located in the village of Højby in Odsherred, northwestern Zealand, Denmark. Dating back to the beginning of the 12th century, it is constructed in granite. Several modifications have taken place since the original construction including a porch in the 13th century, Gothic cross-vaulting in the nave and chancel in the 14th century, a tower around the year 1400 as well as a vestry, a chapel and a new entrance porch towards the end of the Middle Ages.
Haslev Church is a church located in the town of Haslev, Diocese of Roskilde, Faxe Municipality in Region Sjælland on the Danish island of Zealand. The oldest parts of the church were built in the 12th century but today's structure is the result of its rebuilding in 1916.
Odsherred Painters is a term applied to Danish artists from various periods with connections to Odsherred in the northwest of Zealand, Denmark. Some were born there while others settled in the area or painted there. While the term includes painters from the 19th century such as Johan Thomas Lundbye, Vilhelm Kyhn and Vilhelm Melbye, it is applied more specifically to the painters who created landscapes from 1930 to 1970 and who formed an artists' colony. They include Karl Bovin, Kaj Ejstrup, Viggo Rørup, Ellen Krause, Lauritz Hartz, Povl Christensen, Victor Brockdorff and Sigurd Swane.
St Ib's Church is a Romanesque church in Roskilde on the Danish island of Zealand. It was first mentioned in 1291. The church was once richly decorated with frescos.
Åbyhøj Church is a church in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is situated in the western Åbyhøj neighbourhood on Silkeborgvej. Åbyhøj Church is a parish church within the Church of Denmark, the Danish state church, under the Diocese of Aarhus. It is a parish church in the Åby Parish along with Åby Church and serves some 11.000 parish members.
Catholic Church of Our Lady is a church in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is situated in the central Indre By neighbourhood on the pedestrian street Ryesgade, close to the Central Station and City Hall. It is a catholic church under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen; built between 1877 and 1880 by designs of the German architect Franz Schmitz and later renovated by the architect Carl R. Frederiksen. The church has seating for 500 people.
The Holbæk Line is a 49.4 km (30.7 mi) long standard gauge single track local passenger railway line linking Holbæk with the town of Nykøbing Sjælland in the northwestern part of the island of Zealand some fifty km west of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its name after the Odsherred peninsula. Train services on the Odsherred Line are operated by the railway company Lokaltog.
