Lyngby Church

Discover one of Djursland’s historic chalkstone churches

Lyngby Church on Djursland is the largest of the chalkstone churches in the Grenaa area. The church was built around the year 1200 and today stands as a Gothic longhouse church with a tower, porch and chancel of the same height and width as the nave.

A bright church interior with historical details

Inside the church, you’ll find a bright interior with whitewashed walls, vaults and a few frescoes. Here you can see, amongst other things, Bishop Jens Iversen Lange’s coat of arms and the motif depicting the pious doves - or geese - hanging the cunning fox.

The porch may have served as Lyngby’s first school and features, amongst other things, an open fireplace, a built-in bench and a granite slab depicting a knight on a cross.

Baptismal font, altarpiece and furnishings

The baptismal font is richly carved with animal motifs, foliage and rope knots, and is attributed to the stonemason Horder from the latter half of the 12th century.

The altarpiece is in the early Baroque style and was donated in 1666, whilst the pulpit dates from around 1600. The church also houses a ship’s bell from 1682 and several gravestones linked to the history of the local area.

Restored

The church was last restored in 1997, when the door between the chancel and the sacristy was reopened, and the sacristy came to serve as both a chapel and a sacristy.

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