Høsterkøb Church ( da, Høsterkøb Kirke) is a parish church in the village of
Høsterkøb,
Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 km north of central
Copenhagen
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History
The church was designed by
Ulrik Plesner
Ulrik Adolph Plesner, usually known as Ulrik Plesner (17 May 1861 in Vedersø – 22 November 1933 in Skagen) was an innovative Danish architect who designed in a National Romantic style at the beginning of the 20th century. He is remembered in p ...
. Construction began in 1907 and it was inaugurated on 5 June 1907.
Architecture
The church is built of small red bricks with white plaster ornamentation. The tower is placed on the south side of the nave. Some of the decorations were designed by
Thorvald Bindesbøll
Thorvald Bindesbøll (21 July 1846 – 27 August 1908) was a Danish National romantic architect, sculptor and ornamental artist. He designed the Dragon Fountain, Copenhagen (''Dragespringvandet'') and is perhaps best known as the creator of t ...
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Interior and furnishings
The
altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...
is from 1599 and is originally from
Birkerød Church
Birkerød Church (Danish language, Danish: ''Birkerød Kirke'') is a church at Birkerød, Rudersdal Municipality, Copenhagen, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of two churches in the parish of Birkerød, the other being Høsterkøb Church in ...
.
The upper part of the font is made of granite and is originally from
Lynge Church; the base dates from 1907. The pulpit is built of brick and is located in the southeastern corner of the church. It is decorated with plastered leaf ornamentation. The organ is from 1972 and was built by
Th. Frobenius & Sønner in
Kongens Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of ...
.
Churchyard
The churchyard was not inaugurated until 1933. It is a
woodland cemetery and fencing the individual graves is not permitted.
Notable burials include:
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Finn Birger Christensen (1927–2004),
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Karl-Otto Hedal (1921–2006), painter
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Gerda Janson (1920–2008), politician and resistance fighter
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Ea Koch (1905–1987), weaver
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Mogens Koch
Mogens Koch (2 March 1898 – 16 September 1992) was a Danish architect and furniture designer and, from 1950 to 1968, a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Early life and education
Mogens Koch was Koch in the Frederiksberg di ...
(1898–1992), architect and designer
* (1902-1992), historian and resistance fighter
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Torben Valeur (1920–2001), architect
References
External links
Official websiteDanmarkskirker.natmus.dk Høsterkøb Kirke
Churches in Rudersdal Municipality
Churches in the Diocese of Helsingør
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