Barkåkra Church

Barkåkra Church
Barkåkra Church
Barkåkra kyrka
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	56°17′44″N 12°50′07″E / 56.295444°N 12.835167°E
Country	Sweden
Denomination	Church of Sweden
Administration
Diocese	Lund

Barkåkra Church (

Skåne (Scania). One of the oldest churches in the area, it dates from the 12th century but has been heavily rebuilt, partially during the Middle Ages

and partially during the 19th and 20th centuries.

History

The church was built at the end of the 12th century, and is one of the oldest churches in the area. It was possibly built on a pre-Christian sacred site. Because the church has been successively rebuilt during the centuries, today only some of the walls of the nave are preserved from this first building period. The church was enlarged during the 14th century, and at the same time the church tower was built and a church porch built in front of the northern entrance. During the 15th century the interior was rebuilt as the church ceiling replaced with the currently visible vaults. Somewhat later during the same century another church porch was built in front of the southern entrance.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Substantive reconstruction was also done during the 19th century. A north transept was built in 1802, and a sacristy in 1826. The medieval southern church porch was demolished in 1861, and during a renovation in 1924–25 the sacristy was also demolished. During the same renovation, fragments of medieval murals were discovered in the church. The stained glass windows were installed in the 1960s and 70s, and designed by Randi Fischer [sv] and Ralph Bergholtz [sv].^[1]^[2]