Dragør Church is a

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church in

Dragør Dragør () is the main town of Dragør Municipality, (Denmark), which includes the village of Store Magleby. The city hall and seat of the municipal council lies on Kirkevej 7 (postal code 2791 Dragør) in Store Magleby, which has enough space f ...

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. It belongs to the

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History

In 1449, the Bishop of Roskilde authorized the installation of a temporary altar during the annual herring market at Dragør which attracted up to 30,000 traders and fishermen. The market disappeared in about 1500. The few permanent residents had to use Store Magleby Church in nearby

Store Magleby Store Magleby is a Danish town, seat with Dragør of the Dragør Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. Its population in 2009 was 2,000. History Traces of an early Iron Age settlement from about the year 200 AD have been found just south east ...

some time between 1193 and 1370. After

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gave the church to the Dutch farmers who settled in the area in 1621, the church was adapted according to Dutch tradition. Service was also conducted in Dutch and the best seats were reserved for the Dutch families. Dragør Church was finally inaugurated on 26 April 1885 but remained attached to Store Magleby until 1954 when Dragør finally became its own parish.

Architecture

The church is built in the Neo-Gothiv style. J. H. Wessel's design strongly resembles that of Taarbæk Church north of Copenhagen, which was designed by Carl Emil Wessel, his father. The ceiling is inspired by the cathedral in

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, Ireland. The clock on the east side of the tower is from 1764 and was installed by clockmaker Bernhard Larsen in 1882.

Graveyard

Notable people who are buried at the graveyard include the actor and comedian

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, television presenter Otto Leisner and the marine painter

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whose home and studio in Dragør in now a museum dedicated to his art.

Burials

* Peter Boesen (1945–1982), actor * Knud Bro (1937–1997), politician *

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(1907–1967), actor *

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(1891–1953), shipowner * Eigil Jensen (1903–1988), lawyer and singer * Jesper Emil Jensen (1931–009), writer, translator and songwriter * Otto Leisner (1917–2008), television personality * Tove Malzer (1941–2008), editor-in-chief and politician * Hugo Marcussen (1926–1999), architect and civil servant * Knud Mühlhausen (1909–1990), painter *

(1862–1930), painter *

(1926–1980), actor and comedian * Clara Selborn (1816–2008), writer and translator *

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Image gallery

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dragor Church Churches in the Diocese of Copenhagen 19th-century Church of Denmark churches Buildings and structures in Dragør Municipality Churches completed in 1885 1885 establishments in Denmark