Skejby Church

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Skejby Church
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56°11′59″N10°10′28″E / 56.1997°N 10.1745°E / 56.1997; 10.1745 Coordinates: 56°11′59″N10°10′28″E / 56.1997°N 10.1745°E / 56.1997; 10.1745
Location Aarhus, Denmark
Country Denmark
Denomination Church of Denmark
Previous denomination Catholic Church
History
Status Church
Architecture
Completed12th century
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Archdiocese Diocese of Aarhus

Skejby Church (Danish: Skejby Kirke) is a church located in Skejby Parish in Aarhus, Denmark. [1] The parish lies in Aarhus N 3 kilometers north-west of Aarhus city centre on the outskirts of the urban area. The parish has 816 inhabitants of which 655 are members of the Church of Denmark. [2] [3]

Danish language North Germanic language spoken in Denmark

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status. Also, minor Danish-speaking communities are found in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration and language shift in urban areas, around 15–20% of the population of Greenland speak Danish as their first language.

Skejby Neighborhood in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Kingdom of Denmark

Skejby is a neighbourhood and former village in Aarhus, Denmark. The neighbourhood is part of the city district Aarhus N.

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.

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History

Skejby Church was built in the 12th century but not much is known from this period. Skejby was at the time a village, since incorporated as a neighbourhood in Aarhus, and the church functioned as the local church for that village. In 1420, on May 26, Skejby Church was annexed by the bishop of the Diocese of Aarhus in order to establish a parish and control the appointment of the priest. [4] Between 1620 and 1631 the priest of Skejby Parish also became priest of the villages in Hasle and Lisbjerg. During the Swedish Wars in the 1630s and 1660s the church suffered from pillaging and loss of tithe as members of the congregation were impoverished. The church and parish has since been controlled by Aarhus bishopric until the state confiscated it during the reformation. In 1912 it became self-owning. The parish was annexed to Aarhus in 1962 and in 1966 Lisbjerg and Hasle were separated into their own independent parishes. [4]

Diocese of Aarhus Lutheran diocese in Denmark

The Diocese of Aarhus is one of 10 diocese in the Church of Denmark, with headquarters in the city of Aarhus. The diocese covers a large district of northeast Jutland and comprise 14 deaneries, of which four cover the extent of Aarhus city itself.

Hasle, Aarhus Neighborhood in Aarhus Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Kingdom of Denmark

Hasle is a large neighbourhood of Aarhus in Denmark. It is located 3 km north-west of the Aarhus city centre and is part of postal district Aarhus V.

Lisbjerg Village in Midtjylland, Denmark

Lisbjerg is a village and suburb 7 km north of the city center of Aarhus, Denmark. Lisbjerg has a population of 839 people.

Church

The church is whitewashed with many visible granite ashlars and consists of a romanesque choir and nave. The tower with pinnacle adorned gables was built in the 1910 and the whitewashed chapel in gothic style 1904. Originally the church had a porch but it was torn down in 1816. The church is oriented towards the Sun. [4]

Ashlar Finely dressed stone and associated masonry

Ashlar is finely dressed stone, either an individual stone that has been worked until squared or the structure built of it. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, generally cuboid, mentioned by Vitruvius as opus isodomum, or less frequently trapezoidal. Precisely cut "on all faces adjacent to those of other stones", ashlar is capable of very thin joints between blocks, and the visible face of the stone may be quarry-faced or feature a variety of treatments: tooled, smoothly polished or rendered with another material for decorative effect.

Romanesque architecture architectural style of Medieval Europe

Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque style, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 11th century, this later date being the most commonly held. In the 12th century it developed into the Gothic style, marked by pointed arches. Examples of Romanesque architecture can be found across the continent, making it the first pan-European architectural style since Imperial Roman architecture. The Romanesque style in England is traditionally referred to as Norman architecture.

Choir (architecture) part of a church

A choir, also sometimes called quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel, between the nave and the sanctuary, which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir-stalls, seating aligned with the side of the church, so at right-angles to the seating for the congregation in the nave. Smaller medieval churches may not have a choir in the architectural sense at all, and they are often lacking in churches built by all denominations after the Protestant Reformation, though the Gothic Revival revived them as a distinct feature.

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References

  1. ↑ "Skejby Kirke" (in Danish). Aarhus Municipality through VisitAarhus. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fakta om Sognet" (in Danish). Church of Denmark . Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Skejby" (in Danish). KortTilKirken. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Aarhus 1369-1386" (PDF) (in Danish). Danish National Museum . Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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