Grundtvig's Church

The Grundtvig in the Bispebjerg district of Copenhagen is, on account of their exceptional design of the most famous churches in the city and is a rare example of expressionist God's house with mainly Gothic Revival style elements ( construction period 1921-1940 ). It is the parish church örlichen Lutheran congregation, which belongs to the diocese of Copenhagen.

History

For the construction, named after the Danish philosopher Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig and Pastor church architecture competition was held, which was won in 1913 by Peder Jensen - Klint.

The foundation stone of the new church took place after the First World War on 8 September 1921 the 138th anniversary of Grundtvig. The tower was completed by the year 1927. On the ground floor of the tower was a large hall in which services were celebrated until the completion of the church. The completion of the church experienced Peder Klint no longer, after his death in 1930, his son Kaare Klint the management of construction projects. In 1940, the Grundtvigskirke was completed and dedicated to 157th anniversary of Grundtvig.

Peder Klint created with the Grundtvig a synthesis of architecture. The architect studied for his project a wide range of typical Danish village churches, of their traditional architecture, its construction materials and their jewelry was inspired. Klint joined the modern, geometric shapes of the Brick Expressionism with the classical, upwardly mobile lines of the Gothic. Walking through the cemetery of the district Bispebjerg a long avenue leads straight to the church and forms together with the access to the main entrance to the balanced outbuildings an almost baroque visual axis.

Description

The most striking feature of the building is the powerful, reminiscent of a Western factory or to an organ front west facade, which includes the 49 -meter-high bell tower. For the nave Klint created stepped gable, as they often are in Danish churches, interpreted their form but new and duplicate their highest point. The nave knew the architect with generous proportions: The length of the three-aisled hall church is 76 meters and its width is 35 meters, the central nave is 22 meters high. The neo-Gothic interior can accommodate 1,800 people, making it the Danish church with the most seats. The whole building consists of six million yellow bricks, a typical Danish building material. Only the font consists of light limestone from Faxe.

Around the church at the same time was a settlement of buildings that should be framed as an investment nor increase the impact of the church and house, among others, the community center and apartments.

The church is open all year for visitors to access and outside the church services.

Organ

In addition, there are regular concerts on the great organ, 1965 by organ builder Marcussen & Son ( Appenrade ) has been built. The instrument is 16.2 m high, 7.6 m wide and 1.6 m deep. It has 55 registers ( 4030 pipes ), four manuals and pedal. The Spieltrakturen are mechanical. The original also mechanical Registertrakturen 1998 was converted to a double action, as an electronic combination system has been added.

Trivia

According to the characteristic appearance of the church is a Greenlandic massif Grundtvigskirken was called.

Hallgrims in Iceland

In Reykjavík is the Hallgrímskirkja a building which was taken just a few years after the Grundtvig in attack and comes up with a similar synthesis of Gothic and modern designs.