Västra Ingelstad Church ( sv, Västra Ingelstads kyrka) is a medieval church in

Västra Ingelstad Västra Ingelstad is a locality situated in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 721 inhabitants in 2010. Västra Ingelstad Church is a medieval church with a richly decorated altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painti ...

, in the province of

Skåne Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

, Sweden. It is the burial place of Danish-Norwegian statesman

Henrich Krummedige Henrich Krummedige (also recorded as Hinrik, Henrik or Henry with surname variations including Krummedike and Krummendiek), was born circa 1464 in Norway and died in 1530. He was a Danish-Norwegian nobleman and a member of both the Norwegian and ...

and contains a richly decorated altarpiece from Antwerp, unparalleled in the province of Skåne.

History

The first church to be built where the presently visible church stands was probably a stave church. During the 12th century, it was replaced by the presently visible stone church. The church has been successively enlarged and rebuilt since then, and today only a single Romanesque window and parts of the northern wall of the nave remain from the earliest church. The church porch in front of the southern entrance was built during the 14th century, and the interior vaults date from 1450-1475. In the 1520s the church was enlarged towards the west. At the same time a burial chamber was installed for the Krummedige family, owner of nearby

Månstorp Gables The Månstorp Gables ( sv, Månstorps gavlar) is a ruin in Vellinge Municipality in Skåne (the southernmost historical province of Sweden). It is situated east of the Swedish county road 101, between Västra Ingelstad and Östra Grevie. The ...

. The Danish-Norwegian statesman

is buried in the burial chamber. The Renaissance gable adorning the western facade of the church was constructed in 1593. The western entrance was made considerably later, in 1832, and the church tower added as late as 1855 and renovated already in 1894.

Furnishings

The church contains a large and richly decorated

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 ...

made in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

1520. There are no other similar pieces in the province of Skåne. The central part consists of deep sections with an abundance of sculpted scenes, depicting the suffering of Christ. The six wings have painted depictions of the Passion and six saints. It has been suggested that such a valuable altarpiece perhaps originally was made for a richer church in nearby Malmö, possibly Sankt Petri, but it is also possible that the altarpiece was made for Västra Ingelstad Church and installed in the church during the reconstruction of the church in the 1520s. The other furnishings of the church are from after the Reformation. The

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

was made in the 1620s and altered in 1742. The pews are from the 18th century, and the

baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism. Aspersion and affusion fonts The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). ...

was made in 1967.

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* {{Churches in Scania Churches in Skåne County Churches in the Øresund Region Churches in the Diocese of Lund