Arninge Church
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| Arninge Church | |
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Arninge Kirke | |
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| Location | Arninge, Lolland |
| Country | Denmark |
| Denomination | Church of Denmark |
| History | |
| Earlier dedication | Mary, mother of Jesus |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural type | Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture |
| Completed | ca. 1250 |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lolland–Falster |
| Deanery | Lolland Vestre Provsti |
| Parish | Arninge Sogn |
Arninge Church is a Late Romanesque church in the little village of Arninge, some 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Built of red brick in the 13th century, it has an intricately carved auricular altarpiece created by Henrik Werner in 1644.[1][2]
The church was originally dedicated to the Virgin Mary.[2]
Architecture
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Built of red brick, the church consists of a Romanesque apse, chancel and nave and a Gothic porch. There is a free-standing 14th century timber bell tower adjacent to the church. The chancel has traces of a round-arched south door and of a round-arched window, now bricked up. There are also traces of two Romanesque windows in the south wall of the nave above the porch. The three cross-vaults in the nave are from the Late-Romanesque period.[2]
