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| Hammer kirke, Hedensted kommune, 20 km west of Horsens foto gb |
Hammer church was mentioned in a document for the first time in 1457. The church lies in an open terrain, which slopes from north and west down to the river Gudenaa, which is a part of the border in the small parish. Hammer church is a small church without a tower, the orientation is not east-west like most other churches and it is not a village church. It lies very desolated and nothing indicates that there was ever a village here. It is most likely that it was built by a local magnate. The history of Hammer church is connected to a nearby, earlier main farm Hammergård, which lies 1/2 km east of the church. .
The church was probably built in the late 1100s. It was consecrated to Maria Magdalena and belonged to the Århus bishop during the Middle Ages. At the reformation it was like most other churches taken over by the Crown, which entrusted the income to the parish at the Chapter of Århus. Latest in 1553 Hammer church became annex to Linnerup church
During the Swedish wars in the 1600s there were plunders by the foeign troups (both enemies and allied) all over Jutland. The parish of Hammer suffered much under this and many farms were destroyed. When Århus Chapter was closed in 1666 the Crown took over the church once more until 1745, where it was transferred to the nearby farm Hammergård. The owner of Hammergård announced in 1809 that the church was now taken over by the parish. In 1908 the church became formally freehold, and in 1911 it became annex to Tørring church as it is today. After this the parish belonged to Haderslev stift since 1971 (.Hedensted Kommune)
The original church is built in travertine with a cernel of field stone. Later were probably in 1400s used monk bricks for a thorough restore. Once in the 1700s was built a thatched porch, but it was replaced in 1867, and the present porch was built. There was possibly earlier a burial chapel on the northside of the choir. The roof is red tiles, earlier it was a lead roof. The wooden ceiling in the choir was inserted in 1862 after the earlier late medieval vault was ready to be destrcuted. The triumph arch was probably extended when the vault was built.
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| Hammer kirke, foto gb. |
The small church is marked by inventory from the 1800s: pews from 1827 altarpiece from 1870 and pulpit from 1892.
The altarpiece is from the 1870s - in the middle field is a copy of Thorvaldsen's Christ-figure. The two painted figures are David with the harp and Moses with the tablets of the Law, painted after two statues in Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen. The altarpiece was repaired in 1963.
Altar rails from 1899 in cast iron and polished beech wood. Pews from ab. 1857. Gallery in connection to organ.
The pulpit is a gift to the church from Mads Christensen and Peder
Christian Madsen in 1892, and it replaced an earlier pulpit from 1735.
The pulpit has carved biblical reliefs made by a local carver N.
Fjeldskov The sounding board is the same work as the pulpit The entrance to the pulpit is a bricked staircase.
The Romanesque font is probably the original from the building of the
church . It has a greyish basin and a reddish foot. The baptismal dish
in brass is from the beginning of the 1900s. The jar in brass is from
1863.
Silver chalice and disc from 1758 made by J.N.
Brosbøll, Vejle. Altar candelabres in brass from the beginning of the
1600s. Menorah candelabre from 1950s. Two chandeliers ab. 1925 (Renaissance-copies). Church ship "Marie" from ab. 1953, a threemaster without sails but with Dannebrog. |
| the beginning of Gudenaa, near Hammer church, foto gb |
Three carved figures have been kept from the original altarpiece from
the 1400s: A Throne of Grace and Maria Magdalena with the ointment jar
and Barbara with the tower. Besides these three figures is kept a wooden
figure of the Virgin Mary from 1520. The child is missing.
The bell is from 1829 cast by Meilstrup in Randers, it was originally meant for Tørring church and came to Hammer church ab. 1910.
In a cupboard in the choir were since 1877 an Epee, spurs and a coffin plate from Ditlev Trappaud who was konferensråd and amtmand over Dronningborg, Silkeborg and Mariager Amt and the owner of Tvillum. A long inscription tells about him and the family's sorrow by his death. Trappaud was also the owner of Hammergård. He died at Tvillum 22 August 1768.
The church yard is surrounded by stone dikes. The bell hangs in a bell frame at the western gable.
The church yard is surrounded by stone dikes. The bell hangs in a bell frame at the western gable.
1 comment:
hello,my name is jose and i live in argentina. i m pretty sure my grand grandfather was baptized in this small church, couse he and all his 8 siblings the were born and growt in a small farmhouse close to this place, belongin to the father of that family, Mads Jensen. that farm was named Moselund and i would love to visit it sometime. thanks a lot for the pictures and the interesting information, byeee !
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