St. Peter’s Church

St. Peter's Church is a Romanesque parish church some 6 km east of on the Danish island of . It is thought to be the oldest church on the island.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Bornholm, Denmark
  • Also known as: “Pederskirke”, “Saint Peter’s Church”, “St Peter’s Church”, and “St. Peter’s Church, Bornholm”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pedersker Kirkemølle and Rispebjerg.

Windmill
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a Dutch windmill located in the little village of on the island of . It functioned until 1969. is situated 290 metres west of St. Peter’s Church.

Archaeological site
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is an archaeological site on the Danish island of . Located 7 km west of on the road to , it contains both the remains of a Neolithic sun temple and Iron Age earthworks. is situated 2 km east of St. Peter’s Church.

Archaeological site
Photo: Fyrtaarn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km northwest of St. Peter’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pedersker and Boderne.

Village
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is a little village in the southeast of the island of , 8 kilometres southeast of and 11 kilometres southwest of . As of 2025, it has 209 inhabitants.

Hamlet
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is a small village on the south-eastern coast on the island of in . It is located approximately 5 km south of . is situated 4½ km west of St. Peter’s Church.

Hamlet
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is a small settlement near St Bodil's Church in the southeast of the island of . For a time, an active community grew up around Bodilsker Station on the – railway which operated from 1900 to 1968. is situated 6 km east of St. Peter’s Church.

St. Peter’s Church

Latitude
55.0267° or 55° 1′ 36″ north
Longitude
14.97652° or 14° 58′ 36″ east
Named after
Saint Peter
Open location code
9F7P2XGG+MJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 178432286
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q7595220
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Tatar—“St. Peter’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “храм сьвятога Пятра”
  • Danish: “Sankt Peders Kirke”
  • Danish: “Sct. Peders Kirke”
  • Danish: “Skt. Peders Kirke”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Petruskerk (Bornholm)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Petruskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس بطرس”
  • Esperanto: “Kirko de Sankta Petro”
  • German: “S. Peders Kirche”
  • German: “S. Peders Kirke”
  • German: “Sankt Peders Kirche”
  • German: “Sankt Peders Kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Peders kirke”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Петра (Борнхольм)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Петра”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Peders kyrka”
  • Tatar: “Изге Питер чиркәве”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pedersker Kirkegård and Lille Gadegård.

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