Sørbymagle | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Region Zealand |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Slagelse |
Pushpin Map: | Denmark Region Zealand#Denmark |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Region Zealand |
Coordinates: | 55.36°N 11.4419°W |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Urban Km2: | 0.82 |
Population Urban: | 1107 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | CET |
Utc Offset1: | +1 |
Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
Sørbymagle is a town on Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Slagelse Municipality. The town is located 6 km south-east of Slagelse and 9 km north-west of Fuglebjerg. The town is the main town within the church districht (Danish: sogn) of Søbymagle Sogn and lies 3 km west of the village Kirkerup.
Sørbymagle Church was built around year 1150. The oldest parts of the church are the choir and nave. A sacristy, church porch and tower are added in the 1400s. The altarpiece is an oil painting depicting Jesus and Peter the Apostle. It was painted by P. Møller in 1898. The church's chalice is from 1647. The pulpit is from 1630. There are two bells in the church. One is from 1834, made in Copenhagen. The other also comes from Copenhagen, and was made in 1897.[2]