9 Sights in Viborg Municipality, Denmark (with Map and Images)

Vindum Church is a church in Vindum Parish Middelsom Herred, Viborg County, now Viborg Municipality. The apse, choir and nave were built in Romanesque times of finely hewn granite squares over a profiled double plinth. The Romanesque building has profiled cornices. Both doors have been preserved with a pair of full columns and arches around a tympanon field, the north door is walled, the south door is still in use. In the north wall are preserved several round-arch windows, all open but somewhat extended in the light opening. The tower was built in late Gothic times, at the bottom a number of recycled squares have been used at the top brick. The tower is crowned by a spire from the 1700s with onion dome and lantern, this building detail is reminiscent of the master builder Nicolaus Hinrich Rieman, who among other things designed the tower for Our Saviour's Church in Horsens, the tower superstructure was made under Janus de Friedenreich, who owned Vindum Overgård 1708-55.

Wikipedia: Vindum Kirke (DA)

Bigum Church is located in Bigum Parish, before Nørlyng Herred (Viborg County, now Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region. The church is beautifully located but quite isolated down to Tjele Langsø. At first glance, it may seem strange that the area's few farms have needed a church on the site, when just three kilometers away you have been able to search for Lindum Church. But in the past, the farms had many girls and farmhands, so only a few farms could fill a church of Bigum's size. The church consists of a Romanesque choir and nave built in finely hewn squares over the sloping plinth, probably built around 1150. Two Romanesque windows are preserved in the chancel, the south window is walled but the north window is still in use. The tower was built in late Gothic times, the porch was built in recent times. The ashlar wall was partly redesigned during a restoration in 1874.

Wikipedia: Bigum Kirke (DA)

Lindum Church is a church in Lindum Parish in the former Nørlyng Herred, Viborg County, now Viborg Municipality. choir and nave, built in Romanesque times of granite squares above the sloping plinth. The north door is preserved in a walled state, on the frame stones you can see heavy round staves, which at the top end in primitive men's heads. The south door is in use and retains a frame stone with a round staff. In the north wall of the nave is a Romanesque window in use, in the north wall of the chancel is a Romanesque window with a round staff as the internal niche. In the chancel gable is a relief quadrant with a man's head. The tower was built in late Gothic times, the porch is probably from the 1800s. The church was renovated in 1967.

Wikipedia: Lindum Kirke (DA)

Lynderup Church is located in the hilly terrain around Hjarbæk Fjord. The history of the church is closely linked to the nearby manor house, Lynderupgaard, to which the church has belonged for several centuries. From the church's tower room you can still see the red roofs of the manor house, which over the years have been increasingly better hidden by the trees.

Wikipedia: Lynderup Kirke (DA)

Skjern Church is a church located in Skjern Parish. It has a Romanesque choir and nave, as well as a newer porch. The walls were restored in 1887, but the east gable window and doors have been preserved. The north door is walled and has a tympanon field with two lions. The south door is flanked by round staves and columns. The interior has beamed ceilings.

Wikipedia: Skjern Kirke (Viborg Kommune) (DA)

Fiskbæk Church is a church in Fiskbæk Parish in the former Nørlyng Herred, Viborg County, now Viborg Municipality. The chancel and nave were built in Romanesque times of granite squares above the sloping plinth. The north and south portals have been preserved, the north door in a walled state, the south door is still in use.

Wikipedia: Fiskbæk Kirke (DA)

Tongsheng Church is the church of Tongsheng Parish in Weibao County, the former enemy owner, and now Weibao Commune. In the Middle Ages, the church devoted itself to sanctioning Michael. In Roman times, granite tassels were sloping on the edges of socks, with grooves in some places.

Wikipedia: Kobberup Kirke (DA)

Daugbjerg Limestone Mines, located 6 kilometers south of Stoholm and 16 kilometers west of Viborg, is Denmark's oldest limestone mine. However, lime is no longer quarried in the pits, which are instead used for storing cheese and other foodstuffs and as a tourist attraction.

Wikipedia: Daugbjerg Kalkgruber (DA), Website

Romlund Church is a small parish church located in the village of Romlund approx. 10 km west northwest of Viborg. Romlund Parish has approx. 275 inhabitants and is part of Vorde-Fiskbæk-Romlund Pastorat.

Wikipedia: Romlund Kirke (DA)