Burs Church
The Church of Burs is inaugurated as the 13th century Romanesque-Gothic country church on the Swedish island of Gotland. The fifth church belongs to the parish (Swedish församling ) Stånga - Burs in the diocese of Visby.
Location
The church is located in the southeastern inland from Gotland, 46 km south of Visby, 15 km southwest of Ljugarn and 9 km east of Hemse.
Church building
The church is built of plastered limestone and consists of a large, straight final chorus with a three pane eastern group and a lower but wider nave and a tower with protruding side galleries in the West as well as a sacristy on the north side of the choir. The tower has gables with Schlallöffnungen on all four sides, on which a pointed spire rests. The nave has north and south entrances, the tower in the west and the choir in the south. The nave is the oldest part of the church and was built in the first half of the 13th century. For this, the tower was built in the mid-13th century. In the first half of the 14th century, the great Gothic choir was built, which was intended as a first step to build a completely new church. To this end, the nave was temporarily extended to the east. The sacristy was probably added in the late Middle Ages. The inputs have perspective portals. All portals except the choir are Romanesque portal. The choir portal is the biggest portal, but not the main entrance. It is decorated with rich figurative decorations in shallow and less low relief from the construction of the choir. From inside the choir and the tower room are covered by a vault, while the nave has a trapezoidal wooden roof. In the chancel windows stained glass can be seen. In the east window there are three discs of the construction of the choir, in the south window twe slices from the 17th century. To the south of the altar is a remarkable wall-mounted choir Bank of limestone with relief decorated gables of the construction period. The altar is from the first half of the 15th century, the rest comes the colorful furnishings from the 18th century. The stately pulpit was made in 1756 by Johan Dunderhake. on the Baeken and scattered on the nave roof are figure paintings of 1706.
Equipment
- A large crucifix is carved out of oak and dates from the early 14th century &nbs;.
- The altar is from the first half of the 15th century. It is carved from oak and comes from Lübeck. The predella has well-preserved paintings that show Jesus' parable of the wise and the foolish virgins (Matthew 25:1-13 ).
- The baptismal font was made in 1683 Burgsvik.
- The pulpit has been carried out in 1756 by a carpenter Johan Dunderhake from Visby. The pulpit of 1689 in Visby Cathedral has served as a role model.
- The organ was built in 1969 by Grönvalls Orgelbyggeri from Lilla Edet and has 14 stops.
The Apostles
Christ and the Virgin Mary
The Holy Birgitta
Environment
- East of the church was formerly the school
- West of the church is the parsonage.
- In the northern part of the churchyard wall is a magazine of building is in 1807.