St. Lawrence's Church, Söderköping
St. Lawrence's Church () is a medieval Lutheran church in Söderköping, Sweden. The original church was dedicated to Lawrence of Rome and the church retained its name also following the Swedish Reformation, Reformation. It is located in central Söderköping and functions as a parish church within the Diocese of Linköping. It is one of two surviving medieval churches in Söderköping, the other being Drothem Church (''Drothems kyrka''). Both churches are associated with the Diocese of Linköping of the Church of Sweden. History The church has a long and complicated history that goes back to sometime around the end of the 13th century or the very beginning of the 14th. It is one of few medieval churches in Östergötland built entirely in brick, a circumstance which may be connected to there being a large number of German people, German merchants active in Söderköping at the time, and it remains a fine Swedish example of Brick Gothic. The original church had the form of a bas ...
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