Fanefjord Church

The Church of Fanefjord lies in the far west on the Danish island of Møn, far visible on a hill on the east side of the Fanefjordes. It belongs to the diocese of Roskilde of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark.

The Fanefjord got its name from the nearby, less than 100 meters long megalithic " Grönsalen ". Under their western stone supposedly rests the queen Fane, under the eastern her husband Greenland hunters.

The unusually wide nave with a side wall height of about 7 m comes from the last half of the 13th century. It has an older and a younger west side closed on three sides Ostpartie with a tower and a lateral Karnhaus. Originally a narrower choir was connected to the ship, its location on the east side of the triumphal arch is still recognizable.

After the year 1500, this choir was replaced with the extension of the ship. The late Gothic nave and the tower from the same time have high just stepped gables. The window arches are late Gothic. There is only one window with the original pointed arch. The Karnhaus was rebuilt in late Gothic and plastered over.

The church has frescoes from two eras. After her overpainting to 1660, the frescoes from 1929 to 1931 were again produced and restored 1932-1934. The paintings on the triumphal arch originate from about 1350. Around 1450 the nave was richly painted the so-called Elmelunder master whose characters can be found on a rib of the first arc in the northern tier. The Elmelunder Master and his workshop have painted other churches; including the Keldby Church and the Church Elmelunde on Møn. A laid out in the church brochure describes the murals and the historic inventory in German language.