Keldby Church — Attraction in Vordingborg Municipality

Keldby Church, famous for its frescoes, is located on the main road to Møns Klint in the village of Keldby, 4 km east of Stege on the Danish island of Møn. The imposing red brick church is one of the three Møn churches decorated with frescos by the Elmelunde Master, probably towards the end of the 15th century. In the Biblia pauperum style, they present many of the most popular stories from the Old and New Testaments. There are also a number of earlier frescoes in the church dating back to about 1275. The original nave and choir were constructed in the first half of the 13th century. Around 1480, the nave was expanded with cross vaults and the choir was heightened with limestone. The tower was added in the 16th century and a small sacristy was built about 1700. The richly carved altar triptych and the pulpit are probably from the late 15th century or early 16th century. The holy spring known as Helsekilden which gave the village the name of Keldby in 1135, lost its significance after the end of the Danish-Swedish wars in the early 19th century. Records from 1372 show that the church was dedicated to St Andrew. In 1774, the church came under the jurisdiction of Marienborg. In 1913, it was transferred to private ownership. The choir and the nave date from the Romanesque period while the tower is late Gothic. The original monk-brick building from 1200–50 is well preserved. In the nave, there are a few indications of the former Romanesque windows, some having been completely bricked up. Two of the bricked-up doors also have rounded Romanesque arches. Around 1480, two vaults were constructed in the nave. In the choir, two vaults were also added, the one on the eastern side substantially wider than the western one. The nave's roofing was also added at the same time, as was the tower. The late-Gothic triptych altarpiece is from the late 15th or early 16th century. The central figure is the saint to which the church is dedicated: Andrew with his cross. He is accompanied by lateral scenes from his legend.Recent research by the Danish National Museum has established the probable date of the triptych's creation as the beginning of the...

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