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Rø Church (''Rø Kirke'') is a parish church located in the little village of

Rø Rø is a small village on the Danish island of Bornholm, 2 km from the north coast and 7 km west of Gudhjem. The Rønne–Allinge railway (1913–1953) brought prosperity to the village leaving the old station in the village. The Bornho ...

in the north of the Danish island of Bornholm. Completed in 1888, it replaces a Romanesque building dating from c. 1200 which was demolished in 1887 as a result of structural problems. Otto Norn, C. G. Schultz, Erik Skov, "Rø Kirke"
Bornholms Nørre Herred, Danmarks Kirker, Bornholm, Nationalmuseet, Gad, 1954, pp. 363–381. Rø church was built between 1887 to 1888 on the basis of drawings made in 1884 by architect

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 ...

(1852–1929). Built in the New Romanesque style, the church is more or less a copy of it copy of its predecessor. It was constructed of cleaved granite from a quarry at Gudmingegård and covered with a slate roof. The altarpiece and pulpit from 1601 were from the older building. The Renaissance style altarpiece dates from 1610. The Frobenius organ was installed in 1955. Rø Church underwent restoration between 1972-73 under the direction of architect Rolf Graae (1916–1996).

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