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Old Højerup Church

Højerup Gamle Kirke
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Address: Højerup Bygade 30 4660 Store Heddinge
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06-17-2019

The legend says that the church was built by a skipper at sea, who promised to build a chapel if he was saved. The church is located on the 30 m high cliff. It was inaugurated in 1357, but the sea undermined the cliff, and in 1928 the church's chancel and part of the cemetery crashed into the sea. In the 17th century, the cliff had begun to rub itself into the cemetery with the macabre result that coffins and skeletons stuck out of the cliff. In 1910, the church was abandoned, with another 18 years before the fate gathered the building. On March 16, 1928 at five o'clock in the morning,...

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