Summary
A road church is a roadside church, one of a network of such churches in Denmark (Danish: vejkirke), Germany (German: Autobahnkirche, open all year), Estonia (Estonian: Teeliste kirikud), Finland (Finnish: tiekirkko, Swedish: vägkyrka), Norway (Norwegian: veikirke),[1] Russia (Murmansk oblast) and Sweden (Swedish: vägkyrka). The churches are kept open for tourists during the summer holiday season.
Czech Republic edit
The only road church in the Czech Republic is the Chapel of Reconciliation (Czech: kaple Smíření), located at D5 motorway in west Bohemia near Pilsen, built in 2008.
Denmark edit
- List of road churches in Denmark
Estonia edit
- List of road churches in Estonia
Finland edit
The first road churches (Finnish: tiekirkko, Swedish: vägkyrka) were opened in Finland during the 1990s. There are about 265 churches that act as roadside churches in the summer time. Most of the churches are Lutheran and some are Finnish Orthodox.[2]
Germany edit
The first road church was opened in Germany in 1958. In 2012 there are 39 road churches or chapels.[3] Some of them were built on purpose in a rest area, others are old village churches which happen to be situated near an access point. In liturgical terms, they range from ecumenical chapels with no formal rank up to fully consecrated Roman Catholic churches. Churches are open all year.
- Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Dammer Berge
- Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Roxel
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Exter
- Evangelisch-lutherische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Peter und Paul, Uhyst am Taucher
- Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Geismühle
- Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Raphael, Nievenheim
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Gelmeroda
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Waldlaubersheim (Martinskirche)
- Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus Himmelkron, Bad Berneck
- Autobahnkirche "Maria, Schutz der Reisenden", Adelsried
- Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus, Baden-Baden
- Katholische Autobahn- und Pfarrkirche "Maria am Wege", Windach
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Duben
- Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Antonius, Gescher/Coesfeld
- Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Galluskapelle", Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Evangelische Autobahnkirche Medenbach
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Kavelstorf
- Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Jesus - Brot des Lebens", Groß-Hesepe
- Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Emmauskapelle", Engen (near Singen)
- Ökumenische Autobahnkirche "Licht auf unserem Weg", Geiselwind
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Werbellin
- SVG-Autohofkapelle Schlüchtern
- Autobahnkirche Siegerland
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Benedikt, Hohenwarsleben
- Evangelische Autobahn-, Stadt- und Klosterkirche Brehna
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Petri, Brumby
- SVG-Autohofkapelle Hessisch Lichtenau
- SVG-Autohofkapelle Schwabhausen
- Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Waidhaus
- SVG-Autohofkapelle Kirchheim/Hessen
- Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Jakobikirche, Wilsdruff
- Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Pancratius, Rothenschirmbach, OT der Lutherstadt Eisleben
- Autohofkapelle an der A 44 Kassel-Dortmund, Abfahrt Diemelstadt
- Evangelische Autobahnkirche St. Kilian
- Autobahnkapelle Kassel "Licht auf dem Weg"
- Autobahnkapelle Hamm
- Autobahnkirche RUHR in Bochum
- Autobahnkirche St. Paul, Wittlich
- Autobahnkirche St. Thomas von Aquin, Trockau
- Evangelische Nikolaikirche und katholische St. Marienkirche Grasdorf (Holle)
Italy edit
- San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11, called "Church of the Motorway" (1960–64), by Giovanni Michelucci
Norway edit
- List of road churches in Norway
Russia edit
- List of road churches in Russia
There were two road churches in Murmansk oblast open in summer 2012.[4]
Sweden edit
- List of road churches in Sweden
References edit
- ^ "Vi beklager, vi finner ikke den siden (404)".
- ^ "Roadside churches in Finland". Tiekirkot.fi. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
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