Stånga Church
The Church of Stånga is a Romanesque-Gothic country church on the Swedish island of Gotland. It belongs to the parish (Swedish församling ) Stånga - Burs in the diocese of Visby.
Location
The church is located on the western edge of the town Stånga near the road 144 from Hemse after Ljugarn in the interior of Gotland, 41 km south of Visby, 25 km south of Roma, 8 km northeast of Hemse and 15 km south-west of Ljugarn.
Church building
The church is built of limestone and consists of a nave, a church steeple in the west and a narrower choir apse in the east with a vestry on the north side of the choir. The unusually rich molded nave portal on the south side has been created by Egypticus. It is one of the most remarkable religious monuments on Gotland. A Romanesque nave with a bell tower was in the middle of the 14th century, replaced by the present nave and the tower today, the work of anonymous mason masters Egypticus. The lower part of the tower, however, still comes from the earlier church. Romanesque foundations were encountered in the restoration of the architect Sven Brandell in 1929. The apse of the choir and the sacristy of the 13th century was allowed to stand in the conversion in the 14th century, but were 1864-1865 faithfully built the original model new. The church has whitewashed exterior walls with window frames made of limestone. The nave is covered by a steep gable roof, as well as the lower choir. The apse has a cone-shaped roof and the sacristy has a shed roof. The high tower is crowned by an octagonal top and has pointed arches, pillars provided with sound holes in three levels and pointed gables in all four directions. The apse choir has around arched window openings, while the only light emanates entry into the nave by a large pointed-arch windows with tracery in the south. The choir portal and the west portal of the tower are arched around. The nave portal from the mid-14th century can clear the handwriting of the workshop of the Egypticus seen, together with the east immured from the portal reliefs, which were probably originally intended for a different place. From inside the nave with four cross-vaults is covered resting on a central column. Have the tower arch and the more triumphal arch are both spitzbögig. The tower room and the choir are each covered with a cross vault. A round vaulted Tribunbogen leads to the covered by a helmet vaulted apse. The walls and vaults are plastered white, except the arches and the enclosures where you can see the limestone directly. In the restoration by the architect Olle Karth they took in the tower room shows a smaller painting fragment, probably dating from the 15th century.
Equipment
- The baptismal font is carved in the 12th century by Hegwald. The figures on the baptismal show the Annunciation, the Nativity, Herod in Salome gift, the adoration of Jesus by the kings and a man who bends his knees.
- The cross of triumph comes from about 1250 and has been carved from Hejnumsmeister of oak.
- The altar is from 1690 and has a medieval processional cross.
- The pulpit is from 1723.
- The organ was built in 1970 by Grönvalls Orgelbyggeri from Lilla Edet. The organ facade is from a previous organ, which was built in 1871 by Åkerman & Lund Orgelbyggeri.
Triumphal Cross
Triumphal Cross
Pulpit
Choir