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Churches along The Ancient Road Cycling Route in Middle Jutland

Photo: Niels Fabech

You will find several churches along The Ancient Road. They will welcome you in for a visit, just as they have done for the hikers in the past thousand years.

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Tjele Kirke

Tjele Kirke ligger umiddelbart vest for Herregården Tjele. Den oprindelige romanske kirke er stærkt ombygget. Det indre af kirken præges af rige gravminder fra adelsslægterne fra herregården bl.a....

Vammen Kirke

Vammen Kirke er sandsynligvis opført i 1200-tallet, og den har bevaret den romanske apsis. Kirken ligger midt i den ret store landsby, Vammen. Det indre præges af et freskomaleri fra 1952 af St...

Rødding Kirke

Rødding Kirke er i sin kærne fra romansk tid. I kirkens indre præger inventaret præg af gaver fra slægten Parsberg fra den tidligere herregård Sødal, som ligger et par kilometer nord for kirken og...

Houlkær Kirke

Houlkær Kirke er opført i 1992. Kirkerum, møderum og kontorer grupperer sig omkring en gård. Fritstående klokkestabel med pelikan, der hakker sig selv til blods. Denne vindfløj henviser til Asmild...

Asmild Church

One of Denmark's oldest churches. In 1133 the Viborg bishop Eskild was murdered in front of the churches' high altar by King Erik Emune's men. South of the church there once was a monastery. The ...

Viborg Cathedral

Viborg Cathedral, with its two towers, is the symbol of the city. The church was founded in the 1100's but after several fires, the latest one in 1726, only the crypt remains from this period. The rem...

Sortebrødre Church

Sortebrødre Church was built by the Dominicans and was originally built together with a monastery placed south of the church. The church has been rebuilt several times, but appears today still in...

Soendermarks Church

Søndermarks Church is placed in the southern part of Viborg and is a modern round church built in 1980/81. Interesting, modern round church. Very special decorations and design inside. The baptism...

Hald Ege Kirke

Built 1965-1967 by the architects Inger and Johannes Exner (partly 'do-it-yourself' built). Open the whole year during the daytime. Free entrance. Situated about 6 km from Viborg in the suburb ...

Dollerup Church

Dollerup Church, built of granite ashlars in the 12th century. Open the whole year during the daytime.

Thorning Kirke

Thorning church consists of a chancel and a nave in Romanesque style. During a major renovation in 1743, the church was extended westwards and a tower was built. On the north wall hangs a late Gothic...

Vrads Kirke

Øster Nykirke

Øster Nykirke - Øster New Church - or Saint Peder’s Church is situated on the top of the ridge and is Denmark’s highest-lying church at an altitude of 127 ms above sea level. The church was built in ...

Jelling Church

Jelling Church dates back to around 1100 and is the fourth church on the site. The first was a wooden church erected in the eighth century by Harald Bluetooth as a mausoleum to his father, Gorm the Ol...