Churches at The Ancient Road cycling Route in South Jutland
Along The Ancient Road you can find numerous churches. The oldest church has been at its site for a thousand years, the youngest was built only recently. Inside there is time for a break, silence, mindfulness and contemplation. The opening hours can be found on the churches’ websites.
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...
Bække Church
Bække Church is located in the southern part of the village of Bække next to the Ancient Road that reaches from the town of Viborg to Schleswig. The cemetery is today partially surrounded by a whitewa...
Læborg Church
Læborg Church is situated on a hillside on the southern outskirts of the village of Læborg right next to the Ancient Road. The church was originally located in open land and was used as a landmark by ...
Vejen Church
Vejen Church is located right next to the Ancient Road, Jutland’s old main thoroughfare. The church itself is of newer date so take a look at the cemetery opposite where you’ll find the traces of the ...
Askov Church
Askov Church is beautifully situated next to the pond in the college town of Askov, a few kilometres west of Vejen. The church was consecrated as an unaffiliated church in 1899 but joined the National...
Skrave Church
Skrave Church is situated between the villages of Københoved and Langetved, perched on a hilltop in the heart of a large parish.
Jels Church
Jels Church is located right in the heart of Jels and near the lakes of the town. It was consecrated in 1854, replacing a smaller, somewhat dilapidated chapel of hewn granite. The location near the la...
Øster Logum Church
Romanesque chancel and nave. Brick altar table with excellent Late Gothic cabinet, altarpiece from early 1500's.
Beautiful Renaissance pulpit from 1562.
Organ built 1980 by Bruhn and Son, Aarslev, Roe...
Rise Kirke
Rise Church is a large, whitewashed church with Romanesque nave and chencel.
Restored 1893-94 after a fire in 1893.
Altarpiece and pulpit saved from original building, now housed in the museum at Gott...
Kliplev Church
Kliplev Church is a big village church. Of the old Romanesque medieval church is not very much preserved. The present church was built in the 15th century. And early 16th century.
The rebuilding took p...
