Asperup Church
Medieval village church near Båring with artefacts from many different eras, such as a font, wooden figures and wall paintings. You can also see a model of the original building.
The history of Asperup Church
Asperup is home to the oldest stone church. The church is dated to around 1180. We know this because the church was restored in the 1980s and a wooden window frame was found. A scientific analysis showed that the timber dated from around 1170. Since timber has to dry before it is used, the church most likely dates from around 1180. The font in the church is dated to the same year as the church itself.
The tower's two bells were cast in Lübeck in 1596 and 1598 and were originally meant to hang in Thy. Nobody knows why they ended up in Asperup Church.
In the church's Catholic era (the 14th and 15th centuries) it gained two wooden figures. One shows the Madonna with the infant Jesus, the other Mary, her mother Anne and the infant Jesus.
The pulpit dates from 1580, the year Danish churches began to preach in Danish. It was carved by Knud Snedker of Middelfart and renewed in the 1640s by Anders Mortensen. The pictures on the pulpit show the birth of Jesus and the Three Wise Men.
The altarpiece painting is by Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen and dates from 1974.
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