Essenbæk Church
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Essenbæk Church is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the town of Assentoft
, Denmark
. It is located at Volkmøllevej and counts 2,711 parishioners (2006). The pastor is Inger Lise Gram.
. It was the first church that Uldall had designed and was built 1868-69 in the Romanesque style with red bricks on a base of granite ashlars from the original Essenbæk Church. The painter Anton Laurids Johannes Dorph produced an altarpiece for the church, and on May 9, 1869 the altar was consecrated by Bishop Gerhard Peter Brammer of Århus.
In 1967-68 the painter Mogens Henri Jørgensen painted the ceiling of the nave and in 1985-86 produced glass mosaics for the nave and choir, a stained-glass picture for the apse and a new altarpiece.
Assentoft
Assentoft is a town in central Denmark, located in Randers municipality in Jutland. The population is 3,262 .The town is situated east of Randers.-History:...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. It is located at Volkmøllevej and counts 2,711 parishioners (2006). The pastor is Inger Lise Gram.
History
Count Jørgen Christensen of Scheel had the 12th century Essenbæk Church demolished due to dilapidation in 1865 and commissioned the architect Frits Uldall to have a new one built some 600 m to the south in AssentoftAssentoft
Assentoft is a town in central Denmark, located in Randers municipality in Jutland. The population is 3,262 .The town is situated east of Randers.-History:...
. It was the first church that Uldall had designed and was built 1868-69 in the Romanesque style with red bricks on a base of granite ashlars from the original Essenbæk Church. The painter Anton Laurids Johannes Dorph produced an altarpiece for the church, and on May 9, 1869 the altar was consecrated by Bishop Gerhard Peter Brammer of Århus.
In 1967-68 the painter Mogens Henri Jørgensen painted the ceiling of the nave and in 1985-86 produced glass mosaics for the nave and choir, a stained-glass picture for the apse and a new altarpiece.