Bandholm Church is a Church of Denmark parish church located in the harbor village of

Bandholm Bandholm is a small port town and parish on the coast of northern Lolland, Region Zealand, Denmark. On 1 January 2022 it had a population of 476, and is located to the northwest of Knuthenborg Safari Park and Maribo. From Bandholm there is ferry s ...

some north of Maribo on the Danish island of

Lolland Lolland (; formerly spelled ''Laaland'', literally "low land") is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of . Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of Region Sjælland (Region Zealand). As of 1 January 2022, it has 57,618 inhabitant ...

. It was built in 1874 by Henrik Steffens Sibbern to a

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plan in the Romanesque Revival style. Built of red brick, it consists of a

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, a

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and a tower with a conical spire."Bandholm kirke"
''Historisk Atlas''. Retrieved 7 August 2013.

History

Bandholm was originally part of Østofte parish. As the population of the village increased, there was a need for a local church. Count Knuth of neighbouring Knuthenborg provided land for its construction on the corner of Birketvej and Koholtvej. The architect, H.S. Sibbern (1826–1901) also designed the various buildings in Knuthenborg Park. In 1881, Bandholm became a parish in its own right.

Interior

There is no

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in the church but three stained-glass windows decorate the east wall, the central one depicting the Last Supper. The church has a Busch organ, renovated by Starup & Søn in 1974."Bandholm Kirke"
Dansk kirkehistorie. Retrieved 7 August 2013. File:Bandholm kirke - stained-glass windows.jpg, Stained-glass windows File:Bandholm kirke - ceiling.jpg, Ceiling

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History

Interior

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