Horne Round Church and Mausoleum Funen.

Horne Round Church and Mausoleum Fyn

Horne Rundkirke Fyn

The only round church on Funen, can be glimpsed in the somewhat mixed construction. the interior is of great historical value, in the Eckersberg represented in the church. Church interior with lodge of the count and Supper hall is also very rare in nature.

Finally, Horne churchs situation in history very central. Just as there are attached several and exciting legends history of the buildings.

The world famous successful film "Adam's Apples" was recorded in Horne Church year 2004. You can buy a booklet of Horne Round Church. Beside this website you can get additional information if you go to the website

Horne Church is Funen's biggest village church and only round church. Horne Church is impressive inside in almost pure Empire style.

Horne Land, broad, irregular peninsula just west of Faaborg surrounded by Sonder Fjord, Lyø Area and Faaborg Fjord.

("Horne Land" mentioned 1231 as the Horn of Horne Parish of old Danish horn in the sense of 'projection'.)

The hilly landscape to the southwest end of the low cliffs when in Tostebjerg middle of the peninsula 62 m asl In the southeast is Horneland by a narrow isthmus connected with the moraine hill "Knolden" (30 m asl).

The north coast has many curved otter, and at the commercial port Bojden forms spit growth beach lake cove, a known bird locality. The beaches west of the fishing port Dyreborg and by Sinebjerg are popular seaside resorts. The town Horne (942 pop. 2013) is centrally located on the peninsula.

Horne round church - Preben Bille-Brahe Mausoleum, burial place for family from Hvedholm Castle

Horne Church is located 5 km west of Faaborg, and is Funen only round church, built in granite in 1100 t. Round ship may have originally had two storeys. In Gothic times the church was extended with choir, ship and large tower, while the bell piece, the curved gables and the spire are from the late 1500-t.  

At the cemetery is built a mausoleum, built in 1825 by Preben Bille-Brahe, the count at Hvedholm Castle, as a tomb for his family.

Horne Book, a Gospel manuscript from the beginning of 1200 t. with volumes of about 1325, was donated the church in 1656, but came to the National Museum in 1810, when Preben Bille-Brahe to the nearby Castle Hvedholm conducted the re-engineering of the interior in Empire style and let cemetery chapel act by GF Hetsch (1825).

The altarpiece showing Christ and the Children (Let the little children come to me) was painted in 1812 in Paris by CW Eckersberg and belong to his best religious works; baptize font that has been attributed Bertel Thorvaldsen, rather from GF Hetsch.

Both the church and the round churches in Bjernede and Thorsager is built on the same floor plan as Sct. George's Church in Schlamersdorf, Wagrien. Construction of Horne Church has started as a royal chapel in the late 1100 years, during the Valdemars in choice king Duchy of time.

In 2004 Anders Thomas Jensen's film Adam's Apples (2005, Robert) recorded in and near Horne Church. Most of the film's interiors are admitted inside the church, whose interior colors are white and gray.