Dalby, Lund

Dalby is a place ( tätort ) in the southern Swedish province of Skåne County and the historical province Scania. The place is located in the municipality of Malmö and Lund east of Lund and has developed since the 1970s to a residential suburb. Dalby is known for nature conservation areas and the oldest Episcopal church in Scania.

History

The Holy Cross Church in Dalby is the oldest stone church in Scandinavia. The baptismal font and the portico ( crypt / porch ) date from the 12th century. The church owes its present appearance to a remodeling of the Year in 1758 and a restoration in 1936, which ensured that the preserved parts of the wall are visible from the first church of the year 1060. However, more impressive is the crypt from the mid-12th century and a baptismal font from the same period. Noteworthy are the clean plastic working the short, stocky columns and the powerful cushion capitals. Similar forms are found on Romanesque buildings of Lower Saxony and the Rhineland, however, since a century earlier.

The Episcopal Church was founded in 1060 when the German missionary bishop Egino received the eastern part of the former Diocese of Roskilde. Although Dalby remained only a few years bishopric; after the diocese was filled with, the archbishopric of Canterbury associated diocese of Lund, united. This was led by Bishop Egino and subordinate to the archbishop of Bremen. In Dalby but an important monastery and the Danish krone remained associated royal residence, which was connected with the monastery and the church. The monastery also called Dalbybuch arose. This is one of the oldest preserved manuscripts. The Danish King Harald Hen (1041-1080) is buried here.

Comparison of bishoprics Dalby and Lund

If Dalby is compared to the turn of the millennium with Lund, and there are many distinct similarities. The village lies Dalby, as well as the city of Lund, on the south side of a nest - Romeleåsen - a large part of southern Skåne overlooking. In the crypt of Dalby as well as in Lund Cathedral there is a source that indicates that both places even in pre-Christian times (before the 11th century ) must have been important places of worship. Such places of worship were often meeting places of a Thing. In Dalby there were still up in the second half of the 20th century a court.

Dalby is located about 15-20 kilometers from the west coast of Skåne, about 10 kilometers east of Lund and - like this - on the ancient road from Southwest Skåne to the east. Some factors but were different:

• For Dalby, as episcopal probably spoke the long religious tradition of the place.
• For more Lund said the importance of the city. Although she was ambushed by the Norwegians, burned and then been moved to a few kilometers, but Lund was a very long time a famous far and wide ruler city.
• For Lund also the situation on a country road crossing said. By Lund already went before the 11th century main routes running north-south and east-west direction.

In retrospect, it was convenient that Lund and Dalby were elevated to equal rank bishoprics. Maybe by the city before realigned and connected to Denmark Lund was spared from the competition of the old cult place urschonischen Dalby. The unity of the united Danish kingdom thus appears to have been protected while German and British fought over so the main role in the Christianization of the region, which the Danish king could only have been useful.