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306: 318: 250: 330: 242: 29: 261:, one of the poorest working-class neighbourhoods of the city, until it could be disjoined as an independent parish. In 1907 the Copenhagen Church Trust acquired a cheap plot of land but it proved difficult to raise funds for the building of a church in the poor community. An Anna Committee was therefore set up, consisting of women named Anna from throughout the country, which endorsed everybody named Anna to donate 282:
After some years the church had become too small and Jensen-Klint was asked to design an extension. Once again the Anna Committee raised the necessary funds. This extension added a parish hall in a lateral which had a gable toward the street. The last extension was carried out from 1924 to 1928 and
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At the turn of the 20th century the population grew rapidly in Copenhagen and the city authorities decided to employ an assistant pastor to work in the southern part of
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Facade detail showing Jensen-Klint's characteristic brickwork next to the facade of the neighbouring building
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facing the street and flank a U-shaped space in front of the main wing. The roof is of red tiles and has two
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was commissioned to make a design in 1911 and it was built from 1913 to 1914. The church is named after
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Early draft, differing from the final design in several ways including a lower lateral wing
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The church consists of three wings built in red brick. The two lateral wings have
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with the bells. The brickwork is an exemplar of Jensen Klint's style.
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added a second lateral wing at the other end of the nave.
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who appears in the passage from the Gospel about the
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55°41′34.8″N 12°32′38.9″E / 55.693000°N 12.544139°E / 55.693000; 12.544139
Nørrebro
Copenhagen
Denmark
Denomination
Church of Denmark
Church
Architect(s)
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint
Church
Materials
Brick
Archdiocese
Diocese of Copenhagen
Danish
Lutheran
Nørrebro
Copenhagen
Denmark
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint
Grundtvig's Church


St. Stephen's Parish
DKK
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint
Anna the Prophetess
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
stepped gables

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