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| Øster Hornum kirke, 10 km south of Nibe.(Google earth) |
The parish church in Øster Hornum is one of the big churches from the early Middle Ages. It was built in the middle of the 1100 and probably inaugurated in 1172. It is situated high in the landscape over the old village Øster Hornum which was once a herredsby (district town)
The large Romanesque church in granite ashlars consists of apse, choir and nave from the first building and a tower from the 1200s. The tower was rebuilt ab. 1770, and the medieval details were destroyed,among those a fine gallery with pillars, which is traceable in the bottom room of the tower.
The Romanesque granite font is the finest inventory in the church. The magnificent font is from the building period, a "Fons Vitae" with lions and other creatures in high relief. A Latin inscription is carved along the edge of the font from Davids psalms " I am the source of life - and in your light we see the light".
The choir arch with portal pillars is a rest of the magnate church's Romanesque interior. From medieval inventory are two very pretty carved oakwood-figures, an unidentified bishop and Maria with baby Jesus. Both figures are from the 1200s. The choir arch crucifix with Evangelist medaljons in four corners is Gothic, from ab. 1300. The pulpit from 1604 is also one of the attractions of the church. The altarpiece is probably from the late 1500s, the pulpit, made in Aalborg, is dated 1604.
Altar candelabres from the 1500s.
Link , where you can find photos from the church:
http://www.korttilkirken.dk/kirkerOE/oehornum.htm
source: Danmarks Kirker Niels Peter Stilling, 2000, Øster Hornum kirke
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