Birket Church, Lolland

Name: Birket Church
Address: Lolland, Denmark

#10 among attractions in Lolland

Church, Gothic architecture

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Birket Church is located south of the little village of Birket, some 14 km northeast of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Its chancel was originally the nave of the brick Gothic church built in 1350. The bell tower, which stands apart from the church, is believed to be Denmark's oldest standing wooden structure. ()

Local name: Birket KirkeCoordinates: 54°53'26"N, 11°19'54"E

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Lolland Denmark

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Birket Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Halsted Priory, Pederstrup, Vestlollands Golfklub, Halsted Church.

5.2 miSW
Monastery, Gothic Revival architecture
Halsted Priory, Nakskov
132 min walk • Halsted Priory, formerly a small Benedictine house, is a manor house and estate located close to Nakskov on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark.
2.7 miW
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Pederstrup, Lolland
68 min walk • Pederstrup is a historic manor house located 12 km north of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. The half-timbered building from 1686 was rebuilt from 1813 to 1822 in the Neoclassical style by the statesman Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow. Since 1940, it has housed the Reventlow Museum.
4.9 miSW
54°50'53"N • 11°13'55"E
Vestlollands Golfklub, Nakskov
126 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
5.2 miSW
Romanesque architecture, Church, Gothic architecture
Halsted Church, Lolland
132 min walk • Halsted Church stands in the little village of Halsted some 6 km east of Nakskov on the Danish island of Lolland. Dating from the second half of the 12th century, the church has a Romanesque chancel and nave, a large burial chapel from 1636 and a tower from 1877.
4 miS
Romanesque architecture, Church
Stokkemarke Kirke, Lolland
101 min walk • Stokkemarke Church is located in the village of Stokkemarke some 11 km northwest of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. Dating from the middle of the 13th century it was built in the Romanesque style with later additions in the Gothic period.
2.2 miS
Manor house
Knuthenlund, Lolland
57 min walk • Knuthenlund is a manor house on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark. The estate has an area of 960 hectares. It is known for its award-winning goat and sheep milk cheeses.
4.7 miW
Church
Horslunde Church, Horslunde
121 min walk • Horslunde Church is a Church of Denmark parish church located in the village of Horslunde, on the island of Lolland, in soitheastern Denmark. The altarpiece and the pulpit date from 1594. Former Danish prime minister, Christian Ditlev Frederik Reventlow is buried in the churchyard.
6.6 miSE
Church, Romanesque revival architecture
Bandholm Church, Lolland
169 min walk • Bandholm Church is a Church of Denmark parish church located in the harbor village of Bandholm some 8 km north of Maribo on the Danish island of Lolland. It was built in 1874 by Henrik Steffens Sibbern to a cruciform plan in the Romanesque Revival style.
1.5 miNE
54°54'24"N • 11°21'24"E
Dodekalitten, Lolland
38 min walk • Monuments and statues
4.3 miNE
54°55'55"N • 11°24'50"E
Fejø Kirke, Fejø
111 min walk • Church
3 miNW
Memorial
Kong Svends Høj, Lolland
78 min walk • Kong Svends Høj is a passage grave on the island of Lolland in Denmark, immediately north of Pederstrup. The chamber in the mound is 12.5 metres long and it is one of Denmark's largest and most famous passage graves.