Ansgar Church Explained

Deanery:	Danish Church in Southern Schleswig
Diocese:	Diocese of Haderslev
Location:	Apenrader Str. 25Flensburg, Germany
Church Name:	Ansgar Church
Other Name:	Ansgarkirche
Website:	https://www.dks-folkekirken.dk/sogne/ansgar-flensborg-nord/
Architect:	Kay FiskerRobert Duelund MortensenSvend Høgsbroe
Dedicated Date:	November 3, 1968
Pastor:	Merethe Neldeberg Jørgensen
Native Name:	Ansgar Kirke
Native Name Lang:	Danish

Ansgar Church (Danish: Ansgar Kirke, German: Ansgarkirche) is an evangelical lutheran church in northern Flensburg, Germany. Its congregation is the largest within the Danish Church in Southern Schleswig.

The church is named after Saint Ansgar.^[1]

Building

The creation of a new church in northern Flensburg was first proposed in 1949 by Martin Nørgaard, a pastor originally from Handewitt. Because of difficulty raising funds, the grounds were not purchased by the church until 1962. Construction of the church and its community hall were funded by a donation from A.P. Møller and his wife Chastine Mckinney Møller.^{[2] [3]}

The building was modeled, in part, after Notmark Kirke, a church on the Danish island of Als.^[4] It was designed by the architect Kay Fisker, who died before construction began.^[5] After Fisker's death, the project was completed by architects Robert Duelund Mortensen and Svend Høgsbroe. Construction began in 1966, and was completed in November 1968.^{[6] [7]}

As of January 5, 2007, the church has been placed under monument protection, and was remodeled in 2008.

Congregation

The Flensburg North Congregation was established in 1948. The church has approximately 650 members, belonging to around 500 households. It remains the largest congregation within the Danish Church in Southern Schleswig.^[8]

Pastors

• 1948–1951 Otto Marius Warncke^[9]
• 1951–1983 Martin Friedrich Nørgaard
• 1952–1959 Christian Overgaard
• 1959–1977 Martin Torodd Kontni^[10]
• 1978–1982 Bjarne Sandal^{[11] [12]}
• 1982–1995 Per Østerbye^[13]
• 1996–2013 Sten Haarløv^{[14] [15]}
• 2003–2016 Preben Kortnum Morgensen^{[16] [17]}
• 2016–2018 Christina Theresia Frøkjær^{[18] [19]}
• 2019–present Merethe Neldebjerg Jørgensen^[20]

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Oeding. Andreas. Flexikon: 725 Aha Erlebnisse aus Flensburg!. Schwensen. Broder. Sturm. Michael. 2009. 9783925856617. Article: Ansgarkirche. Ges. für Flensburger Stadtgeschichte . de.
2. Web site: Om Ansgar Kirke. 20 March 2020. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig.
3. Web site: Helle. Skadhauge. Mogensen. Preben K.. 2018. Ansgar Kirke. Ansgar Kirke, Flensborg Nord.
4. Book: Henningsen, Lars. Kirke og folk i grænselandet. 1996. Flensburg. 239–240.
5. Book: Faber, Tobias. Kay Fisker. Arkitektens forlag. 1995. 9788774071471. 98. da.
6. Web site: May 21, 2011. Ansgar Kirke, Flensburg (D). Orgelfestival. https://web.archive.org/web/20160406043110/http://www.orgelfestival-sja-sl.com/da/8498/ansgar-kirke/. 2016-04-06.
7. Web site: Ansgarkirken i Flensborg. 2020-06-24. graenseforeningen.dk. da.
8. Web site: Om sognet. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig. 20 March 2020.
9. Web site: Om Warncke. 2020-06-24. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig. da.
10. Web site: Martin Kontni. 2020-06-24. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig. da.
11. Web site: 2012-01-04. Flyttemanden er ikke bestilt endnu. 2020-06-25. ugeavisen.dk. Vesterhavsposten. da.
12. Web site: Nielsen. Morten. 2007-03-30. Sognepræsten ville blive i Vestjylland. 2020-06-25. Jydske Vestkysten. da.
13. Web site: 2013-10-10. Døde. 2020-06-24. Kristeligt Dagblad. da.
14. Web site: Sten Haarløv. 2020-06-25. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig. da.
15. Web site: Simonsen. Anker. 2013-08-12. Flensborg Avis Plus - Menigheden tog afsked med Sten Haarløv. 2020-06-25. Flensborg Avis. da.
16. Web site: Preben Kortnum Mogensen pkm. 2020-06-24. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig. da.
17. Web site: 2019-11-16. Amtswechsel bei der dänischen "Ansgar Kirke" Flensburg-Nord. 2020-06-25. Dänemark Tipps. de-DE.
18. Web site: Christina Theresia Frøkjær. 2020-06-24. Dansk Kirke i Sydslesvig. da.
19. Web site: Simonsen. Anker. 2016-09-18. Flensborg Avis Plus - Sydslesvig er porten til verden. 2020-06-25. Flensborg Avis. da.
20. Web site: 2019-10-31. Merethe Jørgensen er ny præst i Flensborg. 2020-06-25. Haderslev Stift. da.