Christian's Church
Christians's Church | |
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56°10′39″N 10°11′44″E / 56.1776°N 10.1956°E | |
Location | Frederikshaldsgade 15 8200 Aarhus N |
Country | Denmark |
Denomination | Church of Denmark |
History | |
Status | Church |
Architecture | |
Completed | 1958 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Diocese of Aarhus |
Christians's Church (Danish: Christianskirken) is a church in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is situated in the northern Christiansbjerg neighbourhood on Frederikshaldsgade. It is a parish church, and the only church in Christians Parish, under the Diocese of Aarhus and within the Church of Denmark, the Danish state church. The church serves some 14.000 parishioners in Christians Parish and holds weekly sermons along with weddings, burials and baptisms.[1][2]
The present Christians's Church was inaugurated on 2 March, 1958. The congregation in Christiansbjerg had for some years made do with a crypt, built during the
Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs Bodil Koch made the project a priority and construction on the new church began in 1957. The resulting church was characteristic with sharp lines and a hexagonal church tower. The porch is low and leads into a large, tall church room which can seat 500 people. The church room stretches to the roof with the aid of buttresses which gives the otherwise modernistic church a gothic element. The south wall is one large window which is the main source of light. The church exterior is made of red brick.[3]
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Choir
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Pulpit
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Organ
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Baptismal font
See also
References
- ^ "Christianskirken" (in Danish). Christianskirken. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Fakta om sognet" (in Danish). Church of Denmark. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Christianskirken" (in Danish). Danish National Archives. Retrieved 24 October 2015.