Tuse Church

Tuse Church
Tuse Church
Tuse Kirke
Location	Tuse, Zealand
Country	Denmark
Denomination	Church of Denmark
Architecture
Completed	1200
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Roskilde
Deanery	Holbæk Provsti
Parish	Butterup-Tuse Sogn

Tuse Church is located near Holbæk in northwestern Sealand, Denmark. It dates back to the year 1200.

Frescos

The church is richly decorated with both romanesque and late gothic murals. It is however the latter which are regarded as possibly the finest works of the Isefjord artists who were most active from 1460 to 1480. The pictures depict stories from the Old and New Testaments but the life of Jesus is particularly interesting as it combines the biblical accounts with images of kings, devils and women brewing beer.^[1]

Furnishings

The painting above the altar from 1625 shows the Last Supper while the 1600 altarpiece by Anders Nielsen Hatt has carvings of Christ flanked by two apostles.^[2] The pulpit is from 1584.^[3]

Churchyard

Notable burials in the churchyard include:

Gunnar Olsen, writer, historian and archivist
Karen Marie Olsen (1921-1977), writer and archivist

References

^ Tuse Kirke from DAC's Værkleksikon. Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine In Danish. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
^ Tuse Kirke. In Danish. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Tuse Kirke" (in Danish). Visit Holbæk. Retrieved 19 December 2014.

Frescos

Furnishings

Churchyard

References

See also