Astrup / Astrup in Ning Herred

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 February 2014 by Villy Fink Isaksen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astrup_Kirke_(Aarhus_Kommune)_2.jpg] [accessed 7 August 2016]

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view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - lions

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/temasites/danmarks_kirker/DIGITALISERING_-_Aarhus/Aarhus_2339-2358.pdf] [accessed 7 August 2016]

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view of church exterior - south portal - side panel - lion

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum - two lions

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 February 2014 by Villy Fink Isaksen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Astrup_Kirke_(Aarhus_Kommune)_4.jpg] [accessed 7 August 2016]

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view of church interior - ceiling - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - ceiling - painting - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - chancel and east end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font

Scene Description: the 1896 font made by stonemason Anton Hansen, of Skovby, of gray granite, in neo-Romanesque style

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 May 2023 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: infant baptism at Astrup Kirke using the old lion font

view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern font at the east end of the nave, north side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20696AST

Church/Chapel: Astrup Kirke

Church Location: Østergårdsvej 225, Astrup, 8355 Solbjerg, Denmark

Country Name: Denmark

Location: Østjylland, Syddanmark

Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 433, in the municipality and 12-13 km SW of Århus

Ecclesiastic Region: Århus Stift

Historical Region: Århus Amt, Ning Herred

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: church originally 12thC; noteworthy S portal with lions carved in the tympanum and in the casings

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Danmarks Kirker [http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/temasites/danmarks_kirker/DIGITALISERING_-_Aarhus/Aarhus_2339-2358.pdf] [accessed 7 August 2016] notes and illustrates a modern font in this 12th-century church; it was done in 1896 by stonemason Anton Hansen, of Skovby, of gray granite, in neo-Romanesque style; 85 cm high , with a small indentation in the middle, 24 cm diam.; located at the east end of the nave, north side. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.0336, 10.1039

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 2′ 0.96″ N, 10° 6′ 14.04″ E

UTM: 32V 568786 6210369

REFERENCES

Danmarks Kirker, Nationalmuseet i København. Accessed: 2024-12-06 00:00:00. URL: http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk.