Church of Our Saviour, Esbjerg

The Church of Our Saviour is a parish church in Esbjerg, Denmark. Completed in 1887 to a layout by means of Axel Møller, it became the first church to be constructed within the swiftly growing new town. When Esbjerg become first developed inside the past due 1860s, the nearest church turned into in Jerne to the east. A committee set up in 1885 called for a new church to be constructed in the centre of Esbjerg as soon as possible. The authorities replied in 1886, granting 1/2 the essential funding, the remainder being supplied by way of Ribe Diocese. Construction started out in May 1887 and the church become consecrated on 18 December the equal 12 months. In past due 1990, the church became a parish in its personal proper.

The first priest changed into set up in March 1891. Located at the nook of Skolegade and Kirkegade, the church is an average Neoromantic building in red brick with belts of grey stone on a granite socle. It at the beginning consisted of a nave with a chancel and apse at the east quit and an entrance through the tower to the west. Møller accelerated the building in 1896 with transepts to the north and south equipped with galleries, doubling the seating ability from 400 to 800. The outer partitions are decorated with lesenes, spherical-arched friezes and a toothed cornice. The roof is slated, which includes the roof at the pyramid-formed spire.