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Olstrup Church, Lolland

**Olstrup Church** is a [Romanesque](/source/Romanesque_architecture) church in open country west of [Errindlev](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Errindlev&action=edit&redlink=1) in the south of the Danish island of [Lolland](/source/Lolland).[1] There are 16th-century frescos of the [Last Judgment](/source/Last_Judgment) on the chancel arch with Christ sitting on a rainbow.

## Architecture

In the Middle Ages, the church was originally dedicated to [St Lawrence](/source/St_Lawrence). Built of red brick, the relatively small church first consisted of a Romanesque [chancel](/source/Chancel) and [nave](/source/Nave). It was later extended to the west in the [Late Gothic](/source/Gothic_architecture) period with a stepped gable.[2] The chancel's [cross-vaults](/source/Cross-vault) and the round chancel arch may date from the church's original construction. The cross-vaults in the nave also seem to be older than the Gothic extension.[3]

## Frescos

Fresco of Christ on a rainbow

In 1936, [Egmont Lind](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egmont_Lind&action=edit&redlink=1) discovered frescos in the east vault of the nave which were dated to c. 1575. They present scenes of the [Last Judgment](/source/Last_Judgment). Christ is depicted sitting on a rainbow with his feet on the globe of the Earth, flanked by trumpet-playing angels and the 12 apostles. Some pre-Reformation features such as the lily and sword are included but there are no halos.[3]

## Interior

The carved [pulpit](/source/Pulpit) from 1622 has figures of the apostles. The canopy is from c. 1675. On the north wall there is a figure of St Lawrence from c. 1300. There is a decorated font in [Gotland](/source/Gotland) limestone.[3]

## See also

- [List of churches on Lolland](/source/List_of_churches_on_Lolland)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Olstrup Kirke"](http://www.danmarks-kirker.dk/lol_fal/olstrup_lol.htm), *Danmarks Kirker*. (in Danish) Retrieved 8 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ha_2-0)** ["Olstrup kirke"](http://historiskatlas.dk/Olstrup_kirke_(5932)), *Historisk Atlas*. (in Danish) Retrieved 8 August 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nk_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nk_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-nk_3-2) ["Olstrup kirke"](http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Olstrup_kirke/Olstrup_kirke.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110914092650/http://nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Olstrup_kirke/Olstrup_kirke.htm) 2011-09-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), *Nordens kirker*. (in Danish) Retrieved 8 August 2013.

## Literature

- [Kirsten Weber-Andersen, Otto Norn, Aage Roussell, Gertrud Købke Knudsen, "Olstrup Kirke"](https://www.natmus.dk/uploads/tx_tcchurchsearch/Maribo_0703-0714.pdf), *Danmarks kirker: Maribo amt, Volume 8*, 1951, Nationalmuseet, pages 703-714. (in Danish)

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