Skagen Church
Skagen Church is a church located in the historic town centre of Skagen, Denmark. The Skagen area suffered from severe problems with sand drift up through the 18th century and in 1795 the sand covered old church had to be abandoned.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: church building in Frederikshavn Municipality, Denmark
- Also known as: “Skagen”, “Skagen Kirke”, and “Skagens Kirke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sand-Covered Church and Ruth’s Hotel.
Sand-Covered Church
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The Sand-Covered Church is the name given to a late 14th-century church dedicated to Saint Lawrence of Rome. It was a brick church of considerable size, located 2 kilometres southwest of the town centre of Skagen, Denmark. Sand-Covered Church is situated 1 km east of Skagen Church.
Ruth’s Hotel
Hotel
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Ruth's Hotel is a historic hotel in the Højen district of Skagen in the far North of Jutland, Denmark. Named after its founders, Emma and Hans Christian Ruth, who opened it as Badepensionat Vesterhus in 1904, the establishment has now gained a reputation not only for comfort but for its French Brasserie restaurant run by Michel Michaud, said to be Skagen's best. Ruth’s Hotel is situated 1¼ km northwest of Skagen Church.
Hyttefadet
Restaurant
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Hyttefadet is a restaurant, which is situated 1¼ km north of Skagen Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skagen and Hulsig.
Skagen
Skagen is a town in North Jutland. In the Danish language, the town is namesake of the very sand spit it is located on, and the name 'Skagen' can refer to both. In the English language, the spit is known as the Skaw Spit.
Hulsig
Hamlet
Hulsig is a settlement and area of moorland and grey sand dunes in the Råbjerg Mile of the Skagens Odde peninsula, in northern Jutland, northern Denmark. Hulsig is situated 8 km southwest of Skagen Church.
Grenen
Locality
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Grenen is a long sandbar spit at Skagen Odde, northeast of the town of Skagen. Grenen is situated 8 km northeast of Skagen Church.
Skagen Church
- Categories: church, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Frederikshavn Municipality, North Jutland, Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Skagen Church” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Skagen Kirke”
- Danish: “Skagen Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سكاجين”
- French: “Église de Skagen”
- French: “Skagen Kirke”
- German: “KIrche Skagen”
- German: “Skagen Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skagen kirke”
- Norwegian: “Skagen kirke”
- Swedish: “Skagens kyrka”
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