Nødebo Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Nødebo (Danish Nødebo Kirke ) is the oldest church in the northern part of the Danish island of Zealand (Danish Sjælland ). It belongs to the parish Nødebo Sogn on the southwest coast of Esromsees, 5 km north of Hillerød and 40 km north of Copenhagen, and is particularly known for the frescoes from the 15th century and the altarpiece from the 16th century.

Church building

The church was built by Esrom monks as a pilgrimage church. The oldest parts, the nave and chancel, can be traced back to the period around 1200. By 1400 the building was vaulted and extended to the west. The dimensions of the walls suggest that they were planned as a basis for a tower. During this time the building was used as a baptistery. Around 1520 the south side was a porch. A similar installation on the north side was demolished in 1652, and probably at the same time the northern walled entrance for women. A roof riders on the West cultivation in 1739 replaced the free-standing bell tower of wood. The apse in the east was built in 1840 in yellow brick, the rest of the building consists of shared and partly hewn boulders. At the windows and doors limestone was used.

The church was renovated several times. 1868-69, the roof was changed in 1905 and new benches and heating were installed and plastered the side walls. During the restoration of 1981-83 organ loft and moved back to its original place. The gallery from 1739 was extended to its original length of six fields.

Inventory

At the Magdalen source, the sacred source of in earlier times pilgrimages have been made and was the foundation for the founding of the church, stood a poor box as it is found in the church. From the early Catholic times a censer comes to the choir wall.

A chandelier from 1727 bears an inscription, the second is a copy of 1910. Likewise in 1727 comes the wrought-iron altar rail, it is decorated with a monogram of Frederick IV.

Triptych

The three-part late medieval Crucifixion altar ( Triptych ) shows the central part of the Golgataszene with Christ on the cross and the weeping Mary, kneeling next to the red-clad John and Mary Magdalene at the Cross. In the background, a medieval town, apparently Jerusalem with the round temple to which draws a crowd.

On the side wings of a worldly couple, probably a wealthy donor couple of Helsingør. Behind the kneeling man, the apostle Bartholomew with a knife behind the woman probably the Apostle Matthias with halberd. As the landscape on the side wings of the same character as the central image and x-rays, no other design can be seen, it is assumed that a simultaneous emergence. The plump heads of the couple suggest that they were only added later belonged as the altarpiece of a church in Helsingør. From there, it was 1746 after Nødebo when a woman from Helsingør donated it to the church in gratitude for the sacred source allegedly healed their disease.

For probably about 1520, originating from the Netherlands altarpiece is assumed as a painter Adriaen Isenbrant or Jacob van Utrecht. The dating is based mainly on the details of clothing of Magdalena and the donors. The headdress and Magdalena's puffy sleeves are known from drawings, paintings and altarpieces from this time.

In 1982, the triptych of one side wall was treated in the ship on the altar table. With the 1839 by Jørgen Roed painted in Rome altarpiece Jesus and the Samaritan woman and the created from a piece of granite trapezoidal Romanesque baptistery baptistery was set up in the tower room again.

Pulpit

The baroque pulpit from 1668 is a work of Esben Børresen from Slangerup. It was donated by an inscription by the Mayor of Slangerup Steenbech Paul and his wife Anna Cathrina Are Borg, who married in 1666. The cockpit canopy was only added in 1748.

Murals

The frescoes in the late Romanesque style, which were uncovered in 1982 during the restoration of the choir include, in scope and quality, against the best in North Zealand. The paintings in the choir and the nave are from 1425, performed by an artist who is known for the long noses of his people. The frescoes in the tower from the middle of the 15th century come from the Undløse - master, named after his work at the 90 km from the Church of Undløse at Holbæk. After his work in Sweden it is also called Master of Fogdö or union masters.

The paintings show in chorus:

  • Christ who blesses an earthly king
  • In the other three arches, the symbols of the Evangelists: winged lion (Mark ), eagle (John ) and winged ox (Luke ).

In the eastern side of the ship:

  • Enthroned Pilate or Herod with Christ before him
  • Passion of the Christ on the stake
  • Calvary scene with Christ on the Cross
  • Christ in the sarcophagus

In the west side of the ship:

  • The Fall
  • Expulsion from Paradise
  • The mockery of Christ

Images under the tower from Undløse Masters:

  • Coronation of the Virgin by Christ
  • On the wall including: Adoration of the Magi
  • The virgin saints: Gertrude with chapel and Genoveva with book
  • On the wall including Saint Joan, and their execution
  • The apostles John, Peter and Paul with their symbols
  • The Crowned Saints Barbara and Catherine
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