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Horsens Monastery Church

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Horsens Monastery Church

Name: Horsens Monastery Church
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Location: Horsens, Central Denmark, Denmark

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1. Stag Fountain – Horsens Monastery Church loop from Horsens

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2. Horsens Monastery Church – Horsens Harbor loop from Sundet

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3. Horsens Monastery Church – Stag Fountain loop from Næsset

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ravnsbak

October 10, 2021

Horsens monastery church was built between 1261 and 1275 and formed the north wing of the local Franciscan monastery in the Middle Ages. The monastery was founded in 1261 by knight Niels Manderup zu Barritskov. Several kings, Erik of Pomerania, Christian I and King Hans, held meetings and court ceremonies in the monastery. After the Reformation, Frederik I bequeathed it to the citizens of Horsens as a parish church.
Only a few remains of the oldest church have survived. Around 1400 the church was extensively rebuilt.
The church was rebuilt and restored in 1888-92 and 1888-92.
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August 24, 2025

Horsens Klosterkirke was built between 1261 and 1275 in the Gothic style from reddish-brown bricks. Originally a single-nave church, it was expanded in 1400 with the addition of lower side aisles to create a pseudo-basilica. It was renovated in 1497 due to a fire. It is 46.5 meters long, of which the choir alone takes up 19.7 meters, and 17 meters wide. In the Middle Ages, the Franciscan monastery of St. John was adjacent to the church.

The monastery was abandoned with the Reformation in 1532. Since then, the church has been used by the Evangelical Lutheran Danish People's Church as a parish church for Horsens, together with Horsens Vor Frelsers Kirke, also built in the 13th century and located about 400 meters away. From 1575 onwards, Karen Gyldenstierne (1544–1613), the widow of the lord of the manor Holger Ottesen Rosenkrantz of Boller Castle, built her widow's residence, Stjernholm Castle, on the grounds of the abandoned monastery.

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KaSi

August 29, 2025

A beautiful church worth seeing.

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1. Stag Fountain – Horsens Monastery Church loop from Horsens

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