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Rø Church (''Rø Kirke'') is a parish church located in the little village of Rø in the north of the Danish island of
Bornholms Nørre Herred, Danmarks Kirker, Bornholm, Nationalmuseet, Gad, 1954, pp. 363–381. Rø church was built between 1887 and 1888 on the basis of drawings made in 1884 by architect
Rø Church (''Rø Kirke'') is a parish church located in the little village of Rø in the north of the Danish island of Bornholm
Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...
. 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 and 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.
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organ was installed in 1955. Rø Church underwent restoration between 1972 and 1973 under the direction of architect Rolf Graae
Rolf Saenger Graae (29 September 1916 – 16 September 1996) was a Danish architect who is remembered for the churches and religious works he completed or restored in the style of the Klint school. He is also considered to be Denmark's most import ...
(1916–1996).
See also
*List of churches on Bornholm
This is a list of church (building), churches on the island of Bornholm in eastern Denmark."Kirker på Bornholm"
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References
Churches in Bornholm Romanesque architecture in Denmark 19th-century churches in Denmark 1880s churches in Denmark {{denmark-church-stub