St. Matthew’s Church

St. Mathew's Church is the oldest and largest church in the district of , . It is located at the corner of Mathæusgade and Valdemarsgade and was completed in 1880 to design by city architect Ludvig Fenger.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
  • Also known as: “St. Matthew’s Church, Copenhagen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Enghave Plads and Copenhagen Central Station.

Square
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is a central public square of the district in , . It is located where Istedgade reaches Enghavevej, which separates the square from . is situated 330 metres southwest of St. Matthew’s Church.

Railway station
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is the main railway station in Copenhagen, , and the largest railway station in Denmark. With more than 100,000 travellers every day, it is the second busiest station in Denmark after Nørreport station. is situated 1¼ km east of St. Matthew’s Church.

Theme park
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, also known simply as Tivoli, is an amusement park and pleasure garden in , Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after in nearby , also in Denmark. is situated 1¼ km east of St. Matthew’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vesterbro and Sorte Hest.

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is just outside ’s city centre )the Inner City or ), making it a very attractive place to live. It includes the districts of Sydhavnen.

Locality
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is the oldest building in the district of , . A former roadside inn, then located well outside the limits of the fortified city, standing on the Vestre Landevej leading in and out of Copenhagen through the Western City Gate.

Neighborhood
is an enclave of terraced houses situated next to the in the district of , . They were built between 1885 and 1891 by the Worker's Building Society to provide healthy housing for the workers at Burmeister & Wain.

St. Matthew’s Church

Latitude
55.66948° or 55° 40′ 10″ north
Longitude
12.54809° or 12° 32′ 53″ east
Named after
Matthew the Apostle
Open location code
9F7JMG9X+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 221123091
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q3642673
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Swedish—“St. Matthew’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Matthéüskerk”
  • Chinese: “聖馬太教堂”
  • Danish: “Matthæus Kirke”
  • Danish: “Matthæusgade 31”
  • Danish: “Sankt Matthæus Kirke”
  • Danish: “Sct. Matthæus Kirke”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Mattheuskerk (Kopenhagen)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Mattheuskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس ماثيو”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Matthæus Kirke”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Matthæus kyrka”

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