Brabrand Church

Brabrand Church
Map
56°09′06″N 10°06′05″E / 56.151794°N 10.101451°E / 56.151794; 10.101451
LocationAarhus, Denmark
CountryDenmark
DenominationChurch of Denmark
Previous denominationCatholic Church
History
StatusChurch
Architecture
Architectural typeRomanesque
Completed12th century
Specifications
MaterialsBrick
Administration
ArchdioceseDiocese of Aarhus

Brabrand Church (Danish: Brabrand Kirke) is a church located in Brabrand Parish in Aarhus, Denmark. The church is situated in the neighbourhood Brabrand by Brabrand Lake, west of Midtbyen. The church was originally devoted to St. Martin but is today a parish church in the Church of Denmark, serving a parish population of 6.962 (2015).[1] The Brabrand Church pastorate is shared with the South Aarslev Church to the west.[2] The resistance fighter Alf Tolboe Jensen, executed during the Second World War, is interred in the church cemetery.

  1. ^ "FOLK1" (in Danish). Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Front page" (in Danish). Brabrand-Aarslev Pastorate. Retrieved 9 September 2015.