Church:
Glyngøre Church was consecrated on Palm Sunday, April 13, 1919 by the Bishop of Viborg Alfred S. Poulsen (1901-1921) and 11 priests from the diocese.
Architecture:
The church building is built in Romanesque style designed by architect Charles Jensen from Brønderslev. The church is built of white plastered bricks with the same dimensions as monk stone. The building consists of a choir, nave, tower and porch.
The laying of the foundation stone:
On August 16, 1918, the foundation stone was laid in the Foundation Stone Chamber. It happened at a ceremony attended by 150 people. Speeches were delivered from an unassuming lectern – an inverted mason’s tub. The speech culminated with the priest reading the document that was subsequently placed in a lead capsule in the foundation stone chamber.
The text read: The year 1918 in the month of August in the fifth year of the World War, when Kristian the Tenth was King of Denmark, Th. Poulsen was Minister of Church Affairs, A. H. Poulsen was Bishop of Viborg Diocese, S. M. Vestergaard was Provost of Salling Herreder, and S. B. Helms was parish priest for Nautrup, Sæby and Vile parishes, the foundation stone for this church was laid. In 1915, in January of the second year of World War II, work on the construction of this church began, as the Citizens’ Association in Glyngøre Stationsby took up the matter at the suggestion and recommendation of the association’s board. The town then numbered 600 people. At a citizens’ meeting in February of the same year, the following women and men were elected to promote and carry out the work: 1: teacher Jens Mikkelsen, 2. Signe Espersen, wife of wet manufacturer Jørgen Espersen, 3. fish exporter Christian Jørgensen, 4. stationmaster Hans Andreas Frederik Gam, and 5. Marie Pedersen, the wife of depot worker Thomas Pedersen. In 1917, Signe Espersen moved to Aarhus, after which the committee was supplemented with Margrethe Pedersen, widow of fishmonger Peder Pedersen. The aforementioned Margrethe Pedersen donated the so-called byhøj for a building plot and cemetery. The plot was very uneven with the five meter high heather-covered “Byhøj” in the middle. Its value as a building plot was then around DKK 1000. Through voluntary donations from virtually the entire population of the town, the committee collected DKK 3500 from Nautrup, Sæby and Vile parishes. Benevolent citizens in Nykøbing on Mors gave over DKK 2000 and like-minded citizens in Skive town gave around DKK 500. And offerings in many churches in Viborg Diocese raised around DKK 2500. The Minister of Church Affairs granted DKK 40,000 from the state treasury. The design for the church and the management of its construction was carried out by architect Charles Jensen from Nørre-Sundby (formerly Brønderslev). The church building was built by master mason Sejersen from Nykøbing, under the daily supervision of mason Martin Østergaard and carpenter August Sørensen, both from Glyngøre Stationsby.
The document concluded with the following prayer:
Almighty, Triune God, our dear heavenly Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we ask that through your baptism, your sacrament and your word you will live and work in this your house all days, so that we and the families who live here after us may always find love, clarity and strength to live our lives before your face, to your honor, and us to joy and eternal bliss.
Sources:
Kristian Pedersen: En kirke bliver til. 1994
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