Essenbæk Church

Essenbæk Church (Danish: Essenbæk Kirke) is an Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark church in Assentoft, Denmark. It is located at Volkmøllevej and counts 2,711 parishioners (2006). The pastor is Inger Lise Gram.

History

The original parish church was probably built in the 12th century as a Romanesque ashlar choir and aisle between Assentoft and the hamlet of Drastrup,[1] and the parish name Essenbæk is attested from the 13th century (Escingbec) - apparently referring to a creek (bæk) belonging to Assentoft.[2]

Eventually the church became the property of Essenbæk Abbey,[3] and with it of the owners of Gammel Estrup in the 17th century.[4] At some point in time a tower and porch were added, allegedly built with materials from the then defunct abbey, but in 1865 the owner decided to demolish the dilapidated church and build another in Assentoft. Today only the cemetery remains, surrounded by a stone wall with a whitewashed gateway, and on it a single tombstone.

The architect Frits Uldall was commissioned to design the new church,[5] but the project came to a halt the following year when the parochial superintendency insisted that the church be built outside of town. Only in 1868 did building of the church begin in Assentoft, and when this new Essenbæk Church was consecrated on 28 November, 1869[6] it had been built as choir and aisle in one with an apse to the east and the porch within the tower which rose to a height of 26.4 m. The style was Romanesque with red bricks on a base of granite ashlars from the previous church. Anton Dorph produced an altarpiece for the new church, and a baptismal font found in the garden of Gammel Estrup - which probably once stood in the previous church - was placed there.[7] Finally a mortuary was built on the cemetery in 1930.[8]

Restoration of the church began in 1967 and continued until 1987.[9] The ceiling of the aisle was painted by Mogens Jørgensen 1967-1968, and in 1985 he produced glass mosaics for the aisle as well as a glass mosaic for the choir and glass paintings for the apse in 1985 and a new altarpiece in 1986. In 1993 he also produced a glass mosaic window for the church.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Danmarks Kulturarvs Forening. Essenbæk kirketomt i Assentoft. Copenhagen, Denmark: DK Hostmaster A/S. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  2. ↑ Gyldendal. Den Store Danske. Glostrup, Denmark: Jay.net A/S. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  3. ↑ Danmarks Kulturarvs Forening. Essenbæk kirketomt i Assentoft. Copenhagen, Denmark: DK Hostmaster A/S. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  4. ↑ Byriel, Ellen (05.2011). A1061 (PDF). Amsterdam, Netherlands: RIPE Network Coordination Centre. p. 11. Retrieved 2013-10-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ Danmarks Kulturarvs Forening. Essenbæk kirketomt i Assentoft. Copenhagen, Denmark: DK Hostmaster A/S. Retrieved 2013-10-28.
  6. ↑ Byriel, Ellen (05.2011). A1061 (PDF). Amsterdam, Netherlands: RIPE Network Coordination Centre. pp. 16–18. Retrieved 2013-10-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ PASTORAT VIRRING - ESSENBÆK -ÅRSLEV - HØRNING. ESSENBÆK KIRKE. Amsterdam, Netherlands: RIPE Network Coordination Centre. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  8. ↑ Byriel, Ellen (05.2011). A1061 (PDF). Amsterdam, Netherlands: RIPE Network Coordination Centre. p. 18. Retrieved 2013-10-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ↑ PASTORAT VIRRING - ESSENBÆK -ÅRSLEV - HØRNING. ESSENBÆK KIRKE. Amsterdam, Netherlands: RIPE Network Coordination Centre. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  10. ↑ Kulturstyrelsen. KUNSTINDEKS DANMARK & WEILBACHS KUNSTNERLEKSIKON. Copenhagen, Denmark: Kulturarvstyrelsen. Retrieved 2013-10-30.

Coordinates: 56°26′27″N 10°08′56″E / 56.4408°N 10.1489°E / 56.4408; 10.1489

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