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Magleby Church (''Magleby Kirke'') is located in the village of Magleby in the east of the island of Møn in south-eastern
The church was originally built in the Romanesque style in the second half of the 13th century. The rounded tops of bricked-in windows from this period can still be seen on either side of the nave. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was converted to the Gothic style with cross vaults, Gothic windows and a number of additions and extensions. The tower which dates back to the older parts of the church originally had a twin top but was later covered with a roof.
The crucifix is believed to date from the 15th century. The Renaissance altarpiece is from 1598 and is attributed to
In the churchyard, the graves of Russian and Polish prisoners from the
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History
The church was originally built in the Romanesque style in the second half of the 13th century. The rounded tops of bricked-in windows from this period can still be seen on either side of the nave. In the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was converted to the Gothic style with cross vaults, Gothic windows and a number of additions and extensions. The tower which dates back to the older parts of the church originally had a twin top but was later covered with a roof.
The crucifix is believed to date from the 15th century. The Renaissance altarpiece is from 1598 and is attributed to Abel Schrøder
Abel Schrøder, also Abel Schrøder the Younger, (c. 1602–1676) was a Danish woodcarver with a workshop in Næstved, then the centre for woodcarving in Southern Zealand. He is remembered for his many auricular altarpieces and pulpits depicting ...
(c. 1602–1676). The pulpit is oak from 1859. The Gothic baptismal font is of limestone, while the baptismal basin of brass is from southern Germany from about 1550-1575.
In 2020, Mette Frederiksen
Mette Frederiksen (; born 19 November 1977) is a Danish politician who has been Prime Minister of Denmark since June 2019, and Leader of the Social Democrats since June 2015. The second woman to hold either office, she is also the youngest prime ...
the Prime Minister of Denmark
The prime minister of Denmark ( da, Danmarks statsminister, fo, Forsætisráðharri, kl, Ministeriuneq) is the head of government in the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Island ...
married her boyfriend at the church.
Stutthof memorial
In the churchyard, the graves of Russian and Polish prisoners from the Stutthof concentration camp
Stutthof was a Nazi concentration camp established by Nazi Germany in a secluded, marshy, and wooded area near the village of Stutthof (now Sztutowo) 34 km (21 mi) east of the city of Danzig (Gdańsk) in the territory of the German- ...
can be seen. They died in May 1945 shortly after arriving in Denmark on an old river barge with 351 others who survived the ordeal.
References
Other sources
*Henning Dehn-Nielsen (1988) ''Kirker og Klostre i Danmark'' (Forlag Danmark, Lademann) {{Møn Denmark Churches in Vordingborg Municipality Churches in the Diocese of Roskilde 12th-century churches in Denmark Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism Møn