ALLINGE KIRKE ALLINGE-SANDVIG SOGN, NØRRE HERRED, BORNHOLM, DENMARK

	Allinge Kirke er bygget omkring 1300-tallet, og var oprindelig bare et lille langhus af granit. Tårnet blev tilbygget i 1500-tallet, og kirken blev fuldstændig ombygget i 1892 i sengotisk stil. Kirken tilhørte indtil 1941 olsker, men fungerer nu som landsbykirke for tvillingebyerne Allinge og Sandvig. Allinge Church was built about the 14th century and originally was just a modest granite longhouse. The tower was added in the 16th century, and the whole church was rebuilt in 1892 in gothic style. Until 1941 the church belonged under Ols Church, but it now serves the twin towns of Allinge and Sandvig.

	I Allinge Kirkes våbenhus er der en tavle, der optæller bornholms ofre i pestepidemierne i 1618 og 1654. 126 personer døde i epidemien i 1618 og 102 døde i 1954, i Allinge-Sandvig alene. Her hænger også disse to gravsten, den ene over en af Hammershus' høvedsmænd, Blasius van Wickeden (død 1547), og den anden over Arxat Alberg Boitin, en søn af Hammershus' høvedsmand Herman Boitin, (død 14. maj 1556 i en alder af 1½ år). The Allinge Church porch holds a memorial enumerating Bornholm's victims in the pest epidemics of 1618 and 1654. 126 people died in the 1618 epidemic and 102 in 1954, just in Allinge-Sandvig. The church porch also holds these two grave memorials, one for a Hammershus commander Blasius van Wickeden (died 1547), and the other for Arxat Alberg Boitin, a son of Hammershus commander Herman Boitin, (died may 14, 1556 at 1½ years of age).

	Allinge Kirkes kirkeskib er skibet "Naos", bygget af stenhugger Herman Svensson og skænket til kirken af Allinge-Sandvigs Sømandsforening i 1905. Allinge Church's nave ship is the ship "Naos," built by mason Herman Svensson and given to the church by Allinge-Sandvigs Sailor's Association in 1905.

Allinge Kirkes gamle orgel er bygget af A. H. Busch & Sønner i 1894, og står stadig i kirken, hvor det bruges ved kirkekoncerter. Det blev restaureret i 1992. Allinge Church's old organ was built by A. H. Busch & Sons in 1894. It remains in the church for use at church concerts. The organ was restored in 1992.   Allinge Kirkes nye orgel, et Frobenius orgel, er fra 1962. Allinge Church's new organ, A Frobenius organ, is from 1962.

	Allinge Kirke fik sin prædikestol, da et skib, der fragtede den, strandede på Nordbornholm og prædikestolen var hevet i land. Den er fra omkring 1650. Udskæringerne forestiller de fire evangelister og frederik III's monogram. Allinge Church got its pulpit when a ship that was transporting it was wrecked at the north of Bornholm, and the pulpit was saved. It is from about 1650. The carvings depict the four evangelists and the monogram of King Frederik III.
	I stedet for en egentlig altertavle, hænger der et krucifiks over alteret. Messinglysestagerne er fra omkring 1650. Instead of an actual altar piece, a crucifix hangs over the altar. The brass candle sticks are from about 1650. Krucifikset er fra 1800-tallet. The crucifix is from the 1800s.

	Døbefonten er lavet af Moseløkkegranit i 1890. The baptismal is made of Moseløkke granite in 1890.
	"Anno 1687 den 7 maÿ Er Hans kongl: Maÿ Kong Christi=//an den 5 til en glædelig aumindels For dette Lands Inbÿggere//Hid til Borringholm med 6 Fregatter for Sandwieg andkom=//men og efter at Hans Kongl: Maÿ: Haüde beseet slot=//tet Hammers Huus forreiste hans Strax til Rønne//Hörte der Prædiken den 8 Maÿ Samme Dag Reiste//Hand til Suannike og bleu der til den 11 Maÿ begaf//sig derfra til Christiansøe, Siden formedelst en Con=//trarie wind og Storm Paa Hiemreisen Kom Hans//Maÿ: tilbage igien til Sandwieg den 13 Maÿ losserede ind//til Archellemesters Niels Jörgensens Sandwieg den//förste Pindzedag som uar den 15 Maÿ uar Hans//Kongl: Maÿ: I Allinge Kirke og hörte Hans Erwerdig=//heds Proustens Her: Pouel Anchers Prædiken til Hoimes=//se som der til uar bestilt Døbtte Prousten samme tid Sognepræ=//stens Her Jacob Jensens Sodis Barn, som bleu Kaldet effter//Kongens eget Naun Christian Hans Kongl: Maÿestet//erbod Sig til at uære fadder Skichte for sig til daaben//Høÿedle og Welbaarne Oberster OberCommandant og//Ambtmand Her ouer landet Herr Johan Diderich von//Wettberg Herre til Østerup Gaard Der alle ting i Allinge//Kirke uar forrettet drog Maÿ: til Sandwieg igien, begier=//rede strax afftensangs Prædiken aff Sogne Præsten Her//Jacob Jensen Sode at Holdis I logomentet Pad En sall//till Niels Jørgensens, Huilket der det uar efterkommet//gick strax Hans Kongl: Maÿ: til Seils og kom lÿcke=//lig til Kjöbenhaufn med sine mange medfölgende Herrer//Denne taule er opsat Efterkommerne til Aumindelse." "In the year 1687 on May 7, to the happy memory of this land's inhabitants, his royal majesty Christian V arrived here to Bornholm at Sandvig with six fregats. And after his royal majesty had viewed Hammershus he immediately traveled to Rønne, where he took in a sermon on May 8. That same day he traveled to Svaneke and stayed there until May 11. From there he went to the island of Christiansø, but later, because of a headwind and storm on the voyage back, his majesty returned again to Sandvig on May 13. He took lodging with artillerist Niels Jørgensen in Sandvig. On Whitsunday, which was on May 15, his royal majesty was in Allinge Church and heard the sermon of the honorable dean Mr. Poul Ancher. At the high mass, which had been ordered, the dean on the same occasion christened the child of the vicar Mr. Jacob Jensen Sode, which was named after the king himself, Christian. His royal majesty offered to be the godfather and sent to the christening his representatives honorable colonel and commander in chief and chief administrative officer over this land Mr. diderich von Wettberg, Lord of Østerup Estate. When everything in Allinge Church had been done, his majesty went to Sandvig again, and immediately requested evening vespers, which was held by vicar Mr. Jacob Jensen Sode in a parlor at Niels Jørgensen's. When this request had been fulfilled his majesty immediately went out to see and arrived happily in copenhagen with his large entourage. This tablet was placed to ensure the remembrance of later generations."

	Udenfor kirken står statuen "Metamorphose" af arne ranslet. Outside the church is the statue "Metaporphosis" by Arne Ranslet.

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