Road church explained

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

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

List of road churches in Denmark

Road churches on the Danish islands

Road churces in Jutland

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Estonia

List of road churches in Estonia

Finland

List of road churches in Finland

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.[3]

Germany

The first road church was opened in Germany in 1958. In 2012 there are 39 road churches or chapels.[4] 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.

  1. Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Dammer Berge
  2. Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Roxel
  3. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Exter
  4. Evangelisch-lutherische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Peter und Paul, Uhyst am Taucher
  5. Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Geismühle
  6. Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Raphael, Nievenheim
  7. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Gelmeroda
  8. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Waldlaubersheim (Martinskirche)
  9. Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus Himmelkron, Bad Berneck
  10. Autobahnkirche "Maria, Schutz der Reisenden", Adelsried
  11. Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus, Baden-Baden
  12. Katholische Autobahn- und Pfarrkirche "Maria am Wege", Windach
  13. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Duben
  14. Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Antonius, Gescher/Coesfeld
  15. Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Galluskapelle", Leutkirch im Allgäu
  16. Evangelische Autobahnkirche Medenbach
  17. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Kavelstorf
  18. Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Jesus - Brot des Lebens", Groß-Hesepe
  19. Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Emmauskapelle", Engen (near Singen)
  20. Ökumenische Autobahnkirche "Licht auf unserem Weg", Geiselwind
  21. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Werbellin
  22. SVG-Autohofkapelle Schlüchtern
  23. Autobahnkirche Siegerland
  24. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Benedikt, Hohenwarsleben
  25. Evangelische Autobahn-, Stadt- und Klosterkirche Brehna
  26. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Petri, Brumby
  27. SVG-Autohofkapelle Hessisch Lichtenau
  28. SVG-Autohofkapelle Schwabhausen
  29. Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Waidhaus
  30. SVG-Autohofkapelle Kirchheim/Hessen
  31. Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Jakobikirche, Wilsdruff
  32. Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Pancratius, Rothenschirmbach, OT der Lutherstadt Eisleben
  33. Autohofkapelle an der A 44 Kassel-Dortmund, Abfahrt Diemelstadt
  34. Evangelische Autobahnkirche St. Kilian
  35. Autobahnkapelle Kassel "Licht auf dem Weg"
  36. Autobahnkapelle Hamm
  37. Autobahnkirche RUHR in Bochum
  38. Autobahnkirche St. Paul, Wittlich
  39. Autobahnkirche St. Thomas von Aquin, Trockau
  40. Evangelische Nikolaikirche und katholische St. Marienkirche Grasdorf (Holle)

Italy

Norway

List of road churches in Norway

Russia

List of road churches in RussiaThere were two road churches in Murmansk oblast open in summer 2012.[5]

Sweden

List of road churches in Sweden

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vi beklager, vi finner ikke den siden (404).
  2. http://www.kirkefondet.dk Charlotte Lydholm (ed.): Vejkirker i Danmark
  3. Web site: Roadside churches in Finland. Tiekirkot.fi. 2018-12-30.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-07-07 . 2012-07-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120721022654/http://www.autobahnkirche.info/Kirchen/index.jsp . dead .
  5. Web site: Kirkkoja Venäjän Kalotissa. Tiekirkot ja muita Pohjois-Kalotin avoimia kirkkoja . www.nordkirker.net . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120519050852/https://www.nordkirker.net/suomeksi/venajan-kirkot.htm . 19 May 2012 . dead.