Denmark
Region Zealand
Roskilde Municipality

St Ib’s Church

St Ib's Church is a Romanesque church in on the Danish island of . It was first mentioned in 1291. The church was once richly decorated with frescos.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Roskilde Municipality, Denmark
  • Also known as: “St Ib’s Church, Roskilde”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Viking Ship Museum and Roskilde Cathedral.

Museum
Photo: Jami430, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The in is 's national ship museum for ships of the prehistoric and medieval period. The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of the Skuldelev ships, five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962. is situated 370 metres north of St Ib’s Church.

Church
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, in the city of on the island of Zealand in eastern , is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Denmark. The cathedral is one of the most important churches in Denmark, and the official royal burial church of the Danish monarchs. is situated 580 metres south of St Ib’s Church.

Park
Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a public park in central , . It was founded in 1915 and was partly financed through a donation of the textile manufacturer O. is situated 140 metres southwest of St Ib’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roskilde and Sankt Jørgensbjerg.

Photo: Esther Westerveld, CC BY 2.0.
is in , , 35 km west of . is an ancient city dating from the Viking age. The most important historical sights are the Viking Museum and Cathedral, World Heritage site.

Neighborhood
is a district of on the Danish island of . Initially a fishing village in its own right with a history dating to the Viking Age, it became part of Roskilde in 1938. Today it has become the most desirable district in the city.

Suburb
is a largely residential area in the municipality of in and is contiguous with . The population in the parish is around 14,000.

St Ib’s Church

Latitude
55.64767° or 55° 38′ 52″ north
Longitude
12.08303° or 12° 4′ 59″ east
Open location code
9F7JJ3XM+36
Open­Street­Map ID
way 266416864
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q12334559
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“St Ib’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Sankt Ibs Kirke”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jacobskerk (Roskilde)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Jacobskerk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Ibs kirke (Roskilde)”
  • Norwegian: “Sankt Ibs kirke”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Ibs kyrka”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Ib’s Church”. Photo: IbRas, Public domain.