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The Church of Our Lady (Danish: Vor Frue Kirke) is the Lutheran cathedral of Copenhagen. It is situated on the Frue Plads public square in central Copenhagen, next to the historic main building of the University of Copenhagen.
- 58 m (190 ft 3 in)
- Denmark
- 1817–1829
- Copenhagen
Saint Ansgar's Cathedral (Danish: Sankt Ansgars Kirke — Katolsk Domkirke) in Copenhagen, Denmark is the principal church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen, which encompasses all of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland. It was consecrated in 1842 and became a cathedral in 1941.
History. When C. F. Hansen designed Church of Our Lady (Danish: Vor Frue Kirke), he created a room of great peace and beauty. The site has housed a church since 1209. The present building was consecrated in 1829, its predecessor having been destroyed in the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807.
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The Church of Our Lady ( Danish: Vor Frue Kirke) is the Lutheran cathedral of Copenhagen. It is situated on the Frue Plads public square in central Copenhagen, next to the historic main building of the University of Copenhagen.
The present tower building is 60 m high and houses the four church bells that weighs over 4 tons, which are the largest bells in Denmark. The smallest bell in the tower is the oldest bell in the country - dating from 1490. The church became the main Cathedral of Copenhagen in 1924.
Saint Ansgar’s Cathedral is the oldest Roman Catholic Church in Copenhagen. It is the seat of the bishop of Copenhagen, Czeslaw Kozon. The church was completed in 1842 and designed by the architect Gustav Friedrich Hetsch (1788-1864) to replace an earlier chapel on the site.
