Ramsing Church is a beautiful Romanesque ashlar church with a rich history and peaceful atmosphere. The tower was built in 1879, and the porch – constructed from the same Romanesque stones – dates from the same period. Inside the tower is a fully automated carillon, controlled by a computer with a repertoire of 120 melodies. Ramsing Church was the third church in Denmark to install such a system, and its melodic chimes add a special ambiance to church events.
The interior was carefully restored in 1999. In the north wall, you’ll find a niche that likely held a side altar with a saint’s figure during Catholic times. The Romanesque granite altar table contains a relic chamber – the relic itself, a lead box with a bone fragment and cloth remains, is kept at the National Museum. Also from the museum is the beautiful Gothic triumphal crucifix in oak, now returned to the church.
The Renaissance-style altarpiece bears an inscription from 1717 and features paintings of the Last Supper and the Resurrection of Christ. Coats of arms from Tyge Krabbe and Ingeborg Juel also adorn the piece.
The altar frontal, dating from the 1560s, displays the coats of arms of Erik Krabbe and Margrethe Reventlow. During the restoration, it was returned to its original position after having hung for many years on the north wall of the nave.
