Holman's Kirke Where Trauntvein Ancestors Were Married

Eva, would you, please, help me with the name of the church? LHT is not home and Brigitta needs to know the name for a report she is doing. This is where your Great-plus-grandparents were married. 

(Eva, don’t worry about keeping a copy, unless you want to. We are putting together, hopefully for Christmas, a copy with a little history of our trip for each of you.)

This is actually the back side of the church. It faces along the cannel used to take tourists (like us) around the city of Copenhagen, out through the harbor through Nyhavn and back to the starting point. The bride and groom, in a later photo, and the wedding party actually walked a couple of blocks and boarded a yacht for their wedding dinner. We saw them later in the harbor when we went on the tour.


I remembered the name, so don't worry.


The Church of Holmen (Danish: Holmens Kirke) is a church in central Copenhagen in Denmark, on the street called Holmens Kanal. First built as an anchor forge in 1563, it was converted into a naval church by Christian IV. It is famous for having hosted the wedding between Margrethe II of Denmark, current queen of Denmark, and Prince Henrik in 1967. It is the burial site of such notabilities as naval heroes Niels Juel and Peter Tordenskjold, and composer Niels Wilhelm Gade, and contains artwork by, among others, Bertel Thorvaldsen and Karel van Mander.


The church's pipe organ was originally made by Lambert Daniel Kastens and installed in 1738, and the facade remains in place today. The actual organ, however, is from 1956.The current pulpit was installed in 1662 and was carved by Abel Schrøder and stands in the natural colour of its oak, except from the king's monogram which is gilded. It is the oldest preserved pulpit in Copenhagen, and the most richly decorated. It stands from floor to ceiling, and depicts Christian history from Moses holding the basket up to Jesus Christ.


The oldest baptismal font in the church is in wrought iron and stands 117 cm tall. A white marble font was installed in 1756, created by Carl Frederik Stanley in classicist style, but is no longer in the church. The new baptismal font from 1872 was made by the sculptor Evens by Ludvig Fenger's design, in black marble and sandstone.


A model of Niels Juel's ship Christianus Quintus hangs from the ceiling in the church.


In medieval Copenhagen, Holmen (or Bremerholm) was an actual island. However, in the 16th century, city restructuring made it less of an island and more of a peninsula surrounded by Holmens Canal. On this peninsula, Christian III of Denmark founded a shipyard which became synonymous with the name Holmen.


When the shipyard moved to Nyholm on Christianshavn, the name Holmen followed, and Bremerholm then became Gammelholm (old island), a name which is rarely used today. Holmens canal was filled in the 1860s, but the name lives on as a street.


The appearance of the Church of Holmen today closely resembles that of the renovation in 1872, except for the colour. The windows are in clear glass and predominantly set in iron. The spire is dressed in copper just like small spire on the confessional's roof. The church is of Lutheran denomination.