Volsted kirke

Volsted Church - a well-preserved gem from the Romanesque period! Fascinating architecture, beautiful Romanesque window, and late Gothic ribbed vault.

Volsted Church is located in Volsted Parish, which previously belonged to Fleskum Hundred in Aalborg County and is now part of Aalborg Municipality. The church has a long history and is an impressive structure built from granite blocks, dating back to the Romanesque period. A beautiful Romanesque window adorns the south wall of the chancel, adding extra charm to the church space.

History

The porch is from 1873. The porch has portal blocks, both around the south door and in the east wall. On the high jamb stones, there are reliefs of the Fall of Man and a bishop, above which blocks with a lamb of God and a wild boar are placed, and on the lintel, a lion can be seen. On the three blocks in the east and west walls, there are images of a bird, a fox pursued by a dog, and a pair of saints with glorified heads facing each other, with inscriptions on the end faces. The portal is attributed to Master Goti, who also worked on Gjøl Church.

The south portal and the other relief stones likely come from the church’s south and north portals. When the porch was built, the individual parts were gathered for the porch's south portal, and the rest was inserted into the porch's wall. The stones had previously been rearranged and put together incorrectly, so there is no certainty about the correct arrangement. The current lintel with the lion is likely a jamb stone, and the stone with the two opposite saints is probably a lintel. The two cornerstones probably sat at the top of a portal with the inscriptions facing inward.

The nave has a flat beam ceiling, and the chancel has a late Gothic ribbed vault. The round chancel arch has been preserved with sloped corbel stones. The altarpiece is from around 1635, and the painting was done by Rud Petersen in 1954. The pulpit has late Gothic characteristics and resembles the pulpit in Frejlev. On the triumphal wall, a fresco was uncovered in 1976. The Romanesque baptismal font is made of granite, with a smooth basin and a cube capital base.