Horslunde Church

{{Infobox church |name = Horslunde Church<br>''Horslunde Kirke'' |full_name = |image = Horslunde Kirke.jpg |image_size = 250 |imagelink = |alt = |landscape = |caption = Horslunde Church |coordinates = {{coord|54|54|30|N|11|12|59|E|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Horslunde]] |country = [[Denmark]] |denomination = [[Church of Denmark]] |previous_denomination = |churchmanship = |website =  |former_name = |founded = 12th century |founder = |dedication = [[John the Baptist|St. Hans]]<ref name=visit>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitlolland-falster.com/ln-int/horslunde-kirke-gdk616292|title=Horslunde Kirke|publisher=visitlolland-falster.com|accessdate=25 February 2019}}</ref> |events = |status = |functional_status = Functional |heritage_designation = |designated = |architect = |architectural_type = |style = |groundbreaking = |completed = |construction_cost = |closed = |demolished = |capacity = |length =  |width =  |materials = |parish = |deanery = |archdeaconry = |archdiocese = |metropolis = |diocese = |province = |district = |division = |archbishop = |bishop = |dean = |succentor = |rector = |vicar = |priest = |pastor = |abbot = }} '''Horslunde Church''' ({{langx|da|Horslunde Kirke}}) is a [[Church of Denmark]] parish church located in the village of [[Horslunde]], on the island of [[Lolland]], in southeastern [[Denmark]]. The [[altarpiece]] and the [[pulpit]] date from 1594.<ref name=visit/> Former Danish prime minister, [[Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow]] is buried in the churchyard.<ref name=visit/>

==History== The church was in Catholic times dedicated to Saint lians. In 1379, ''Guds Legems Tjeneste'' in Horslunde Church is mentioned. Nothing is known about its ownership in the Middle Ages apart from the fact that the Crown had appointment rights already prior to the Reformation. In 1686, it was presented to Peder Brandt of [[Pederstrup Manor]].<ref name="DK">{{cite web|url=https://www.danskeherregaarde.dk/nutid/oebjerggaard|title=Danmarks Kirker: Horslunde Kirke|language=Danish|publisher=Nationalmuseet|accessdate=13 September 2021}}</ref>

In 1725, it came under the authority of the county of Christianssæde when it together with Pederstrup transferred to [[Christian Ditlev Reventlow]].<ref name="DK"/> In 1819, Daniel Smith was appointed as parish priest of Horslunde-Nordlunde. In 1820, he was appointed as provost of Lollands Nørre Herred and in 1829 also of Lollands Søndre Herred. He maintained a close relationship with C. D. Reventlow. In 1834, he transferred to [[Stege, Denmark|Stege]] on [[Møn]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Daniel_Smith|title=Daniel Smith|date=18 July 2011 |language=Danish|publisher=[[Dansk Biografisk Leksikon]]|accessdate=13 September 2021}}</ref>

On 1 April 1031, it gained its independence.<ref name="DK"/>

==Interior== [[Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775)|Christian Ditlev Reventlow]] is buried inside the church. C.D.F. Reventlow, Frederik Reventlow, and Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow are interred in the surrounding graveyard.

==Churchyard== The surrounding churchyard is unusually large and has most likely been expanded in all directions.

Notable burials in the churchyard include: * [[Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow]] (1748{{ndash}}1827), count and landowner * Frederik Reventlow (1747{{ndash}}1822), diplomat * [[Frederikke Charlotte Reventlow]] (1727{{ndash}}1952), countess and writer * [[Christian Stolberg]] (1748{{ndash}}1821), district governor, writer and translator * [[Louise Stolberg]] (1746{{ndash}}1824), saloniste, playwright and letter writer.

== References == {{reflist}}

[[Category:Churches in Lolland]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Lolland Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in the Diocese of Lolland–Falster]] [[Category:Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism]] [[Category:Buildings and structures of the Reventlow family]]