No. Onsild Church

No. Onsild Church offers an exciting history with its ashlar architecture. Built in the period 1100-1250, the church is worth a visit in Hobro.

No. Onsild Church consists of a Romanesque choir and nave as well as a late Gothic tower in the west. The Romanesque building is constructed of granite blocks on a sloping plinth.

Large parts of the outer walls have been replaced in recent times, with the exception of the north side and the bricked-up women's door. The church that stands today is the third on the site and smaller than the previous one. During the restoration in 1982, the chancel was supported with a concrete mass to prevent further slipping.

The nave has a flat ceiling, while a cross vault was built into the choir in the Gothic period. The tower, made of recycled blocks and monks' stone, has had an open pointed arch on the west side, which was bricked up in 1898. In the same year, the porch was demolished and only then was there an entrance to the church through the tower. The upper parts of the tower were rebuilt with bricks in the 1700th century and bear the inscriptions MK and AMW, (Morten Kirketerp and Anne Marie Wedege 1740), the names of the church's patron and wife.

In the chancel arch is a beautiful lime-painted vine decoration from around 1600. The decoration on the south side is older, however, as it bears the inscription: "In the Lord's year 1574, this picture was renewed". The altarpiece is from 1663 with the same altar table cover, while the altarpiece itself is a witty reproduction of Leonardo de Vinci's The Last Supper from 1850, as the disciple John, the disciple Jesus loved the most, looks as if he has been beheaded. Above the altarpiece, the same initials can be seen on the patron saint of the church as on the tower. Next to the church is the old church barn/tithe barn, which now contains digging facilities.

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