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Saint Nicolai Church is Vejle’s oldest building. The red brick building, which was dedicated to Saint Nicolai, now appears as a late Gothic church. The oldest part of the church is from around year 1250 and is still visible in the north wall. Originally, the church had a late Roman nave, which was later extended to a three-aisled hall with transepts.
On the outside of the church, you will find a bricked up door and the remains of Gothic windows. The church chancel and tower are from the seventeenth century. In the north wall, you will see 23 skulls. The story goes that the skulls belonged to robbers, who 300 years ago were captured in Nørreskoven forest and executed.
One of the country’s finest bog finds is located in the chapel’s north transept. An iron-age female from the year 450 B.C., which was found in Haraldskær Bog in 1835. The Empire coffin, in which she lays, was donated by Frederik the 6th, who erroneously thought that she was a Viking age queen. |
Saint Nicolai Church is Vejle’s oldest building. The red brick building, which was dedicated to Saint Nicolai, now appears as a late Gothic church. The oldest part of the church is from around year 1250 and is still visible in the north wall. Originally, the church had a late Roman nave, which was later extended to a three-aisled hall with transepts.
On the outside of the church, you will find a bricked up door and the remains of Gothic windows. The church chancel and tower are from the seventeenth century. In the north wall, you will see 23 skulls. The story goes that the skulls belonged to robbers, who 300 years ago were captured in Nørreskoven forest and executed.
One of the country’s finest bog finds is located in the chapel’s north transept. An iron-age female from the year 450 B.C., which was found in Haraldskær Bog in 1835. The Empire coffin, in which she lays, was donated by Frederik the 6th, who erroneously thought that she was a Viking age queen.
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