Sct. Bendts church
St. Bendt's Church is a church in Ringsted, Denmark, which was originally part of a Benedictine monastery that burnt down in the 18th century. Built in the Romanesque style, it is the oldest brick church in Scandinavia, dating back to about 1170 when it replaced a travertine church from about 1080.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Ringsted Municipality, Denmark
- Also known as: “St. Bendt’s Church” and “St. Bendt’s Church, Ringsted”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ringsted railway station and Sankt Knuds Kirke.
Ringsted railway station
Railway station
Sankt Knuds Kirke
Church
Photo: Volker.Ramsloh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sankt Knuds Kirke is a church, which is situated 450 metres east of Sct. Bendts church.
Ringsted Cemetery
Cemetery
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Ringsted Cemetery is situated 670 metres southeast of Sct. Bendts church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ringsted and Høm.
Ringsted
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Ringsted is a city in the centre of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Its main draws for visitors are St. Bendt's Church, a Romanesque church containing numerous tombs of medieval Danish royalty, and its large shopping centres.
Høm
Village
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Høm is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Sct. Bendts church.
Kværkeby
Village
Kværkeby is a village, with a population of 585, in Ringsted Municipality, Region Zealand in Denmark. It is located 6 km east of Ringsted and 22 km west of Køge. Kværkeby is situated 6 km east of Sct. Bendts church.
Sct. Bendts church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ringsted Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.4454° or 55° 26′ 43″ northLongitude
11.78696° or 11° 47′ 13″ eastNamed after
Benedict of NursiaOpen location code
9F7HCQWP+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 221577177OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q2297260
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Sct. Bendts church” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “царква Святога Бента”
- Catalan: “església de Sant Benet”
- Czech: “Klášter Ringsted”
- Czech: “Kostel svatého Benedikta z Nursie”
- Danish: “Ringsted Kirke”
- Danish: “Sankt Bendts Kirke”
- Danish: “Sct. Bendts Kirke”
- Danish: “Skt Bendts Kirke”
- Danish: “Skt. Bendts Kirke”
- Dutch: “Sint-Benedictuskerk (Ringsted)”
- Dutch: “Sint-Benedictuskerk”
- French: “église Saint-Bendt”
- French: “Église Saint-Bendt”
- German: “St.-Bendts-Kirche”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט בנדט”
- Japanese: “聖ベント教会”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ringsted kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ringsted Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Bendts Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sct. Bendts Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skt. Bendts Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Bendts kirke”
- Norwegian: “St. Bendts kirke”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Benedykta w Ringsted”
- Polish: “Sankt Bendts Kirke”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Бендта”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Benito de Ringsted”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Benito”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Benito”
- Swedish: “Sankt Bendts Kirke”
- Swedish: “Sankt Bendts kyrka”
- Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Бендта”
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Highlights include Raadhuskroen and Rådhuset.
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