Viborg Domkirke Vor Frue af Viborg St. Marie Church

Around 1060 Viborg was created, and Svend Estridsen shared Ribe diocese in four: Ribe, Aarhus, Viborg Vestervig. Even then, Viborg strong church village with its 12 parishes.

It is uncertain whether there has been an older church where boulders cathedral was built under King Niels (1104-1134). In the same crop cycle for the Danish churches were also the building of the related cathedrals in Lund, Schleswig and Ribe founded.

Viborg Cathedral Our Lady of Viborg St. Marie church

Viborg Cathedral is a large cruciform church with two west towers, two beautiful east towers and aisles, chancel and the crypt, which was first completed when Eskild in 1133 were murdered during matins at St. Margaret's Church in Asmild.

While Ribe Cathedral was built of tufa stone, Viborg was especially built by granite boulders. The stubborn granite was defeated by Jutland stubbornness, and the church is unique in the use of this strong building material. Viborg Cathedral is probably the world's largest granite church (the second largest in Denmark is Vestervig).

Viborg Domkirke Our Lady of Viborg

Even before the cathedral was completely finished, threatened in some 1145 by a fire, but Dean Kjeld, who died in 1150) hastened after the legend up in one of the towers, and to his prayers calmed the fire of the church's foot.

In 1501 the church was hit by a flash fire. West towers, transept gable and the top of the apse was destroyed. Bishop Niels Friis reached before his death in 1508 to have the church rebuilt.

During the Reformation age was Viborg by His Tausens seem a spiritual pioneer place. The evangelical church service was introduced in the cathedral in 1530, but already in 1567 devastated the entire town back of a fire. Approximately 100 aristocratic farms burnt, and the cathedral was not hurt past. The recovery took a long time. The towers were slender spire of just 55 meters - 13 meters higher than the present! Next fire occurred in 1726, when these great spiers crushed the church vaults. After the disaster was only the bare walls and some remains of the arches back. Now came the reconstruction in record speed of architect Claus Stallknecht. As rebuilt cathedral, Sortebrødre Church and the Bishop's Palace and built the town hall and a wing to the hospital for 36,000 rdl.(Danish midle age coins)

Viborg Cathedral Our Lady of Viborg St. Marie church

The church was built with "snekkegavle" on the ship and "skullcaps" on the towers. In the inner space came new arches, and a large pulpit, and a new tremendous alterpiece. The church was then reopened in 1730, but the work was not done well. Despite repeated repairs began ceiling vaults to open, and the church was closed in 1862.

In 1864 started reconstruction after a national collection (100,000 kr.), And the first cornerstone was laid by King in December. The architects Nebelong and Julius Tholle were responsible for the work, which was for both of them died in 1871, was completed by Professor Storck in 1871 with new dedication September 10, 1876.

Viborg Cathedral Our Lady of Viborg

During reconstruction used the architects painted ceilings, and it was history painter FC Lund, who decorated the center dome and apse. Pulpit in Bremer sandstone by the sculptor Rose Falk and has three polished granite columns resting on lying granite lions, sculpted by H. Bissen.

The ship is illuminated by eight two-meter high bronze angel of light bunches and the chorus of two angels with light bunches. All is created by Skovgaard in 1911.

The large reconstruction was intended to restore the original church. With a firm hand stripped to the building almost all its history, but as the church now stands, it is the clearest example of the ideal Roman large church. Its first masters have certainly room harmonious relationship: the length of the middle of the church is the double of the transept and the choir square respected in each transept three parties.

Viborg Cathedral Joakim Skovgaards frescoes

Since then Joakim Skovgaard's frescoes come as a Protestant illustrated Bible, which is unique in its kind. It has once again made Viborg Cathedral for a tourist and pilgrimage place that must be experienced and seen, when visiting Viborg.

The golden altar is modeled by the sculptor, Professor CC Peters and performed in the style of Valdemar Future metalaltre. In the altarpiece midfield sees a painting of Our Lady with Jesus surrounded by images of Jesus.

In front of the altar rail is a large black stone and in the place where Erik d. 5. (Klipping) was buried after the murder in Finderup St. Cecilia night d. 22 November 1286. The royalist judgment Chapter clad corpse that was pierced by 56 deadly wounds in red silk before he was put in a lead coffin with his great battle sword and other personal possessions.

By a staircase down by the choir, one finds "Kraft Church" or "The hidden church". Which is bishop Eskild crypt, which is also the oldest Romanesque space in Denmark. Vaulting rests on six pillars, the two middle of polished porphyry, while the rest are of granite. The walls are in addition to granite, used jernal from unit - or "red brick" from the Fur and travertine.

In the northern crypt chapel is an extremely rare coffin of granite which is carved of one stone. At the top is a separate room for the head and the bottom is seen gutters! Presumably coffin is from the 12th century all the way back from the church's Development time. The question arises whether the coffin has one of the bishops, who built the church (Eskild, Svend or Niels)? Or the church's own saint, Dean Kjeld?. In the crypt southern chapel seen Sct. Kjeld well, where many sick, especially the blind, Was healed.

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