Elijah's Church
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| 55°40′18.8″N 12°33′19.3″E / 55.671889°N 12.555361°ECoordinates: 55°40′18.8″N 12°33′19.3″E / 55.671889°N 12.555361°E | |
| Location | 49 Vesterbrogade Vesterbro, Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Denomination | Church of Denmark |
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| Status | Church |
| Architect(s) | Martin Nyrop |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Neo-Romanesque |
| Groundbreaking | 8 April 1906 |
| Completed | 17 May 1908 |
| Construction cost | DKK 317,050 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick |
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| Archdiocese | Diocese of Copenhagen |
Elijah's Church (Danish: Elias Kirke) is a Church of Denmark church located on Vesterbros Torv in the heart of the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Completed in 1908 and designed by Martin Nyrop, who has designed Copenhagen City Hall, it was the largest church to be built by the Copenhagen Church Foundation.
Elijah's Church is one of the many new churches built by the Copenhagen Church Foundation to accommodate the fast-growing population of the new districts of the city around the turn of the 20th century. When St. Matthew's was separated from Frederiksberg Parish in 1880, it had a population of 25,000 inhabitants but by the end of the century it had almost tripled to about 70,000.
On 28 March 1898 the Church Foundation acquired the site on Vesterbro Torv, until then the site of a factory which produced timing belts, and Martin Nyrop was commissioned to design the new church. He had previously designed the new Copenhagen City Hall which was under construction at the old haymarket not far away. Construction costs were expected to amount to DKK 200,000 which were to be collected locally.
Nyrop's proposal was published on 31 January 1900. The foundation stone was set on 8 April 1906, Palm Sunday, and the church was topped out on 16 December that same year. The church was consecrated on 17 May 1908. It was fifth church to be built in Vesterbro and it remained the largest church ever built by the Church Foundation. The final construction costs amounted to DKK 317,050, including DKK 81,000 for the site, and the collection which had been raised in time for the inauguration.
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