Vammen Kirke

Vammen church is located approx. 15 km northeast of Viborg. It consists of an apse, chancel and nave from the Romanesque period, as well as a later added tower to the west and a porch to the south. 

The Romanesque walls are made of granite blocks on a double plinth. The original windows in the north and the chancel arch have been preserved; a similar arch, leading from the chancel to the apse, was bricked up for a long time but was reopened in 1918. The south door, with columns on either side, is still in use, and its tympanum has been removed; the north door, with moulded edges and a cross on the large lintel, is bricked up.

The tower has a half-timbered gable on the north side and modern brick on the south side; like the porch, it is built of granite and monk bricks and dates from the late Middle Ages. The south side of the nave and chancel, as well as the apse, were rebuilt in 1875. At some point, perhaps in the middle of the 15th century, the church burned down; traces of this can still be seen, especially on the chancel arch, where the fire seems to have destroyed its carved stones and corbels. The interior of the church has a beamed ceiling, but the apse has a semi-domed vault.

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