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Sankt Petri Kirke

Sankt Petri Kirke

3.8(5 reviews)
1.3 kmKøbenhavn K

St. Peter's Church was built around 1200 and is one of the oldest buildings in inner Copenhagen. In…read more1585, King Frederik II gave the church to a parish of Germans living in Denmark, and church services are still held in German. Several famous German expatriates have been laid to rest in the distinctive sepulchral chapel. The church and its grounds have undergone many changes. Today, part of the garden is the schoolyard of St. Peter's School. The church is today owned by the Danish Palaces and Properties Agency but on a day-to-day basis the church is still used actively by the German-speaking Evangelical-Lutheran congregation with 900 members as part of the Danish National Church. Unfortunately, the Church was closed when I stopped by. There was also someone sleeping on one of the outside benches.

A very old…read morechurch St Peter's Church is the oldest building in the central area of Copenhagen. The first record of the Lutheran church for the German community was in about 1300 but it's possible that it was first parts were constructed as far back as the 12th century. Not much is known about what the church actually looked like back then but most of it was destroyed in a huge fire around 1380 and then rebuilt around 1400. The oldest part of the church probably dates to around that time. Over the centuries parts of the church were rebuilt and numerous additions completed. The famous architech, Hans Van Steenwinkel the Elder, did extensive renovations in 1585 and the extensive Sepulchral Chapels were built over several decades and not completed until around 1680 by Steenwinkel the Younger. The massive Copenhagen Fire of 1728 destroyed a lot of the church but once again it was rebuilt and the cool and looming Rococo spire was added around 1757. The church managed to survive sieges and wars and was extensively restored in the 1990s. Today the venerable church still dominates the area. Unfortunately we didn't get a chance to go inside the church but just walking around this ancient building and taking in this incredible part of history was immensely impressive and something not quickly forgotten.

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