Herlufsholm
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Scene Description: "Herlufsholms Kirke i Danmark. Herlufsholm kirke, døbefont"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Herlufsholms Kirke i Danmark. Skibet set mod øst"
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Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen
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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - with capitals and bases - 4
Scene Description: clustered around a quadrangular central shaft
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior
Scene Description: "Herlufsholms Kirke i Danmark. Herlufsholm kirke"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hideko Bondesen, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2006 by Hideko Bondesen
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26318YBR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Gotland font
Church / Chapel Name: Herlufsholm Kirke
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the centre aisle, E end
Church Wikidata: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herlufsholm_Kirke
Church Address: Herlufsholm Allé 182, 4700 Næstved, Denmark
Site Location: Sjælland, Region Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the 22-54 crossroads, in the municipality and 4 km N of Næstved
Ecclesiastic Region: Roskilde Stift
Additional Comments: re-dated font (a later date added to an earlier work)
Town/City Wikipedia: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herlufsholm
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of Gotland limestone probably in the 13th century, but an inscription shows the year 1561, which probably refers to the year Herluf Trolle donated the font to this church, noted and illustrated in the LEX entry for this church [https://lex.dk/Herlufsholm_Kirke] [accessed 16 April 2026]: "Kirkens døbefont er en middelalderlig kalkstensfont fra Gotland. Den er formentligt fremstillet i 1200-tallet, men en indskrift viser årstallet 1561, hvilket formentligt henviser til det år, hvor Herluf Trolle gav den til kirken."
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 674742 6125612
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.246, 11.7489
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 14′ 45.6″ N, 11° 44′ 56.04″ E