Köping Church

Köping, Sweden

Köping Church dates from the 1440s, but it got the current appearance in the late 1600s. The reconstruction was made according the design of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and inaugurated in 1706. The altarpiece is made in Germany around 1520. The font is made of sandstone in Svealand about the same time.

References:

Marianne Mehling et al. Knaurs Kulturführer in Farbe. Schweden. München 1987.

Address

Köpings Kyrka 1, Köping, Sweden

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Details

Founded: 1687-1706
Category: Religious sites in Sweden
Historical period: Swedish Empire (Sweden)

More Information

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Rating

4/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Agne Furingsten (2 years ago)
En positiv upplevelse med människor som bryr sig om!

Thorbjörn Nord (2 years ago)
Small cozy church, just big enough for enough people.

Anna-Carin Ragnarsson (4 years ago)
Nice church hall with good acoustics. Small but very nice congregation where everyone is seen!

Kerstin Svensson (5 years ago)
Be at a concert here. The first time I have been and listened to classical music. Everything was fine except for the first and final pieces, when it sounded like they were out to beat the instruments. Apparently someone tried to put music on the corona virus. It went well, I think. It would have been better if the instruments were broken, damn how good it would have been

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