Asmundtorp Church
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| Asmundtorp Church | |
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Asmundtorps kyrka | |
 Asmundtorp Church | |
  Asmundtorp Church  Asmundtorp Church | |
| 55°53′12″N 12°56′49″E / 55.88667°N 12.94694°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Denomination | Church of Sweden |
Asmundtorp Church (Swedish: Asmundtorps kyrka) is a church in Asmundtorp, Landskrona Municipality, Skåne, Sweden. The current neo-Gothic church was built in 1895–1897 and replaced a medieval church on the same site. Designed by architect Gustaf Hermansson, it is one of the most accomplished examples of 19th-century church architecture in Skåne. It contains a medieval bronze baptismal font of northern German origin, the only one of its kind in the province. The church belongs to the Church of Sweden and is in the Diocese of Lund.
A stone church was first built on the site of the present-day church as early as the 12th century. The medieval church was richly decorated with frescos. In the early 19th century, it was considered too small for the congregation, and it was substantially enlarged and altered between 1843 and 1846, partially to designs by Carl Georg Brunius. In 1869, however, a proposal was put forward to build an entirely new church to house the ever-growing congregation. In 1888 the parish announced an architectural competition for the design of a new church, specifying that the designs should be in the Neo-Gothic style. Although the winner of the competition was architect Axel Anderberg, the church council decided to go ahead with the designs submitted by Hermansson instead, probably because his proposal was deemed to be cheaper to build. The old church was demolished in 1895 and the present building erected in 1895–1897.[1][2][3]
The new church was financed with returns from eleven farmsteads that were donated to the church during the Middle Ages.[3]
A major renovation was done in 1987.[3]
Asmundtorp Church belongs to the Church of Sweden and the Diocese of Lund.[3]
