Vejlby Church is situated in the western part of Vejlby, a little south-west of Grenaa on Djursland.

A Romanesque church with Gothic alterations

Vejlby Church has its roots in the Romanesque period and is built of chalk stone. The oldest parts can be seen, amongst other places, in the long walls of the nave, the west gable and the east gable of the chancel, where round-arched friezes hark back to the medieval church.

In the late Middle Ages, the church was rebuilt with a long-house choir, a porch and a transverse tower to the west. Today, the church stands whitewashed with slate roofs and traces of both Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles.

Furnishings from several periods

Inside the church, you will find a single nave with whitewashed walls, a beamed ceiling in the nave and a vaulted ceiling in the chancel. Among other things, the church houses a Romanesque granite baptismal font with reliefs of lion figures.

The altarpiece dates from 1588 and features motifs from the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. The pulpit dates from around 1600 and is in the Renaissance style.