Rinkaby Church
church building in Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden
Rinkaby Church (Swedish: Rinkaby kyrka) is a 13th-century church in Rinkaby, Scania, Sweden. Rinkaby Church contains medieval murals and an astronomical clock. It belongs to the Church of Sweden.
History
Rinkaby Church was built c. 1250. The building material is brick, and it was probably loosely modeled on the church in Åhus. It originally consisted of a nave and a choir without an apse. The vaults of the choir probably date from the construction period, while the vaults in the nave were built during the 15th century. The church porch was built around the same time. The church was enlarged in 1794, and it was probably also then that the wooden superstructure on the roof, containing the church bells, was built.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10655531. VIAF identifies the subject as 9409149108640768780005. Authority coordinates are 55.984, 14.270. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1250 and 1794.
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