Allinge Church ( da, Allinge Kirke) is the parish church of

Allinge-Sandvig Allinge-Sandvig is a small town on the northern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. Its population is 1,459 (1 January 2022). It was part of the former municipality Allinge-Gudhjem. Sandvig is the northernmost part of the town. His ...

on the Danish island of Bornholm. It stands at the centre of Allinge on a hill some 11 metres above sealevel. Initially just a small granite longhouse from the around the 14th century, in 1892 it was completely rebuilt in the

Neogothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style.Otto Norn, C. G. Schultz, Erik Skov, "Allinge Kirke: Bornholms Nørre Herred"
Danmarks Kirker, Bornholm, Nationalmuseet, Gad, 1954, pp. 84–94.

History

The earliest documented record of the church dates from 1569 when it was known as "Alende Capell" (Alende Chapel). With the

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it passed from the

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to the Danish crown but is now fully independent. Until 1941, it was an annex to

Sankt Ols Kirke Sankt Ols Kirke (St Olaf's Church), also known as Olsker Church, is a 12th-century round church located in the village of Olsker, south of Allinge on the Danish island of Bornholm. Built in the Romanesque style and reaching three storeys high, i ...

Architecture

The late-Gothic longhouse, the oldest section of the structure, is built of rough granite fieldstone with brick-framed wall openings. The upper rounded arches of the old north and south doors have been almost completely removed by more recent windows while the arched windows which, together with the north door, can be seen in a painting of the church from c. 1750. The tower, which is rather narrower than the longhouse, dates from the 16th century. The west door is from 1865 when the upper part of the tower was rebuilt. In 1892, the church was comprehensively renovated by

Mathias Bidstrup Mathias Andreas Bidstrup (25 March 1852 – 25 January 1929) was a Danish architect. Biography He was born in Rønne, Bornholm, the son of cobbler Jorgen Bernhard Bidstrup and Marie Hansine Sonne. Mathias Bidstrup attended the Royal Danish ...

. The entire eastern part was torn down and replaced by two

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s and, at the far eastern end, a

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. Further interior restoration work, including repainting, was carried out in 1992 by Jørn Appel from Rønne."Kirkens restaurering"
''Allinge Kirle''. Retrieved 12 July 2012. The roof is tiled in old oak. The outer walls are limewashed over and painted yellow."Om Allinge Kirke"
''Allinge Kirke''. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

Artifacts and fittings

The altarpiece, of which only the base remains, is from c. 1625. It has now been relocated at the far end of the chancel. The granite font is from 1890. The Renaissance pulpit from 1650 is decorated with ten carved panels, four of which contain statues of the evangelists. The western gallery is new, replacing an earlier structure. The Frobenius organ, now in the north transept, dates from 1962. File:Allinge alter.JPG, Altar File:Allinge kirkerum.JPG, Transept File:Allinge doebefont.JPG, Font File:Allinge skibet.JPG, Gallery File:Allinge orglet.JPG, Organ

References

{{Bornholm Denmark Churches in Bornholm Churches completed in 1892