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.Photo: Tdn70, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Frederikshavn Municipality, Denmark
- Also known as: “Skagen Kirke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Skagen railway station and Skagens Museum.
Skagen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mef.ellingen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skagen railway station is the main railway station serving the town of Skagen in Vendsyssel, Denmark. The station is located in the central part of the town by its main artery Sankt Laurentii Vej. Skagen railway station is situated 510 metres northeast of Skagen Church.
Skagens Museum
Museum
Photo: Zejo, Public domain.
Skagens Museum is an art museum in Skagen, Denmark, that exhibits an extensive collection of works by members of the colony of Skagen Painters who lived and worked in the area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Skagens Museum is situated 1 km northeast of Skagen Church.
Drachmanns Hus
Museum
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drachmann's House, also known as Villa Pax, is one of the major houses of Skagen, northern Denmark. Located on Hans Baghs Vej towards the western side of the town, it was built in 1829 and is now a museum. Drachmanns Hus is situated 500 metres southwest of Skagen Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skagen and Grenen.
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.
Grenen
Locality
Photo: Hansjorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grenen is a long sandbar spit at Skagen Odde, northeast of the town of Skagen. Grenen is situated 5 km northeast of Skagen Church.
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 10 km southwest of Skagen Church.
Skagen Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Frederikshavn Municipality, North Jutland, Jutland, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
57.72143° or 57° 43′ 17″ northLongitude
10.58472° or 10° 35′ 5″ eastOpen location code
9F9GPHCM+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 211929376OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q3428109
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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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