St. John's Church () is a congregation of the
Church of Denmark
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in
Aarhus
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,
Denmark
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. The
parish church
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is situated in the
Trøjborg neighbourhood, immediately north-west of
Nordre Cemetery. In 2015, Saint Johannes Parish counted some 8,916 members.
The
church
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was consecrated in 1905, thus becoming the fourth church to be built in Aarhus.
Saint Johannes Parish was originally part of Aarhus Domsogn but it was made an independent parish when the church was built in 1905. Part of Saint Johannes Parish was separated into Christiansbjerg Church District in 1912 and in 1935 another part of the parish was annexed by Saint Markus Parish.
Architecture
Saint Johannes Church was designed by the architect and Royal Surveyor
Hack Kampmann who built a number of other notable structures in Aarhus at the time, including
Aarhus Custom House,
Aarhus Theatre,
Marselisborg Palace and
Villa Kampen.
Construction of the church was initiated in 1902 and completed in 1905 under the supervision of architect Valdemar Schmidt.
The building is constructed as a traditional cross church with moderate
Neo-Romanesque and
Neo-Gothic
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influences but with an
Art Nouveau
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interior and furnishings. Relatively large, with 700 seats, it is a red brick church with a copper thatched tower in the west and choir in the east. In 1960 rooms were added in the northern and southern cross arms of the church. The wooden fence surrounding the choir was replaced with a new one of brass at the same time. In 1971, the building ''Johannesgården'' was constructed next to the church for the
parish council. The interior has been altered over the years. The rim chandeliers was replaced with new ones of brass in 1930, the benches have been lowered for aesthetic reasons and in 2005 glass mosaics were installed in the southern windows of the church. The altar and font are the only remnants left of the original decor.
Saint Johannes Church has an organ by
Marcussen & Søn from 1979 with 36 notes and the mosaics were designed by
Arne Haugen Sørensen.
See also
*
List of churches in Aarhus
References
External links
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Lutheran churches in Aarhus
Churches completed in 1905
Romanesque Revival church buildings in Denmark
Gothic Revival church buildings in Denmark
Hack Kampmann buildings
1905 establishments in Denmark
Churches in the Diocese of Aarhus