Dannemare Church

[[File:Dannemare kirke, Lolland 01.jpg|thumb|Dannemare Church in 2020]]

'''Dannemare Church''' is a [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Neo-Romanesque]] church in the village of [[Dannemare]], some {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Nakskov]] on the Danish island of [[Lolland]]. Built in 1897, it replaced the earlier [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church which burnt down in 1897.<ref name=dk>[http://gloslundepastorat.dk/Hist/Danne1.aspx "Dannemare Kirke"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518161626/http://gloslundepastorat.dk/Hist/Danne1.aspx |date=2015-05-18 }}, FolkeKirke.dk. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 9 August 2013.</ref>

==History== The former Romanesque church from c. 1200 was one of Lolland's oldest brick-built churches.<ref name=dk/> It was owned by the Crown after the [[Danish Reformation|Reformation]] but in 1698 was transferred to the Bådesgård estate which was later owned by [[Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark|Princess Charlotte Amalie]]. After her death, it was transferred to the State in 1784 until it came into the ownership of local farmers. In 1913, the church gained its independence.<ref name=natmus/>

The former building was seriously damaged by a fire on 5 April 1895 which broke out in the rectory west of the church. Large sections of the church were relatively unscathed but, despite ministerial recommendations that the surviving elements should be taken into account in the rebuilding, the old structure was demolished on the grounds that a larger building was needed. The new structure, designed by the architect [[Aage Langeland-Mathiesen]] (1868–1933), was completed in 1897.<ref name=natmus>[https://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Maribo_0328-0339.pdf Kirsten Weber-Andersen, Otto Norn, Aage Roussell, Gertrud Købke Knudsen, "Dannemare Kirke"], ''Danmarks kirker: Maribo amt, Volume 8'', 1951, Nationalmuseet, pages 328-339. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref>

==Architecture== The former red-brick building had consisted of a Romanesque [[chancel]] and [[nave]] and a [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] porch. Today's church consists of a chancel, a nave and a tower whose ground floor serves as a porch.<ref name=natmus/> Renovation work was undertaken in 1978. On that occasion, the windows were replaced with stained-glass designs by Mogens Jærgensen.<ref name=dk/>

==Interior== Several artifacts were saved from the former church and can now be seen in the new building. The [[altarpiece]] in the [[auricular style]] from the Baroque period was completed around 1640. At the centre, there is a copy of [[Carl Bloch]]'s painting of [[Resurrection of Jesus|Christ's Resurrection]]. The font from c. 1650 has a hexagonal bowl and is decorated in the [[Rococo]] style. In 1976, it was painted blue, representing baptismal water and the joy of baptism. Also of note is the church clock which originally stood in Jægersborg Mansion. It was designed by Poul Petersen in 1771 and restored in 1897 by [[Bertram Larsen]].<ref name=dk/>

==See also== *[[List of churches on Lolland]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Churches in Lolland]] [[Category:Romanesque Revival church buildings in Denmark]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1874]] [[Category:Churches in the Diocese of Lolland–Falster]]