Volsted kirke

Volsted Church - a well-preserved treasure from Romanesque times! Fascinating architecture, beautiful Romanesque window, and late Gothic cross vaults.

Volsted Church is located in Volsted Parish, which previously belonged to Fleskum Herred in Aalborg County and is now part of Aalborg Municipality. The church has a long history and is an impressive construction built in granite blocks that date back to the Romanesque period. A beautiful Romanesque window adorns the south wall of the choir and adds an extra charm to the church space.

History

The porch is from 1873. In the porch, portal squares have been inserted, partly around the south door and partly in the east wall. On the high frame stones there are reliefs of the Fall and a bishop, above which are placed squares with a cross lamb and a wild boar, on the lintel a lion is seen. On the three squares of the east wall and the west wall are birds, foxes pursued by dogs and a couple of saints with glorified heads turned towards each other, on the end surfaces is text. The portal is attributed to Master Goti, who also worked in Gjøl Church.

The south portal and the other reliefs probably originate from the south and north portals of the church. When the porch was built, the individual parts were assembled for the porch's south portal and the rest was inserted into the porch's wall. However, the stones had already been put together incorrectly, so there is no presumption of the right composition. The current lintel with lion is probably a frame stone, the stone with the two facing saints is probably a lintel. The two cornerstones were presumably at the top of a portal with the text facing the opening

The nave has a flat beamed ceiling, the choir has a late Gothic cross vault. The round chancel arch has been preserved with slanted crowstones. The altarpiece is from around 1635, the painting was made by Rud Petersen in 1954. The pulpit has a late Gothic character and is reminiscent of the pulpit in Frejlev. On the triumphal wall, a fresco was uncovered in 1976. The Romanesque baptismal font of granite has a smooth basin and cube capital.