{"id":18341,"date":"2025-06-13T12:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/?post_type=plats&p=18341"},"modified":"2025-06-27T18:25:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:25:20","slug":"villberga-church","status":"publish","type":"plats","link":"https:\/\/www.fjardhundraland.se\/en\/plats\/villberga-kyrka\/","title":{"rendered":"Villberga church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Villberga church is located about one kilometer outside Grillby. The church began to be built in the 13th century and it still has most of its medieval appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the church there is a magnificent gilded altarpiece. It is a war booty, taken in Germany in 1632. It was made by Jan Borman's workshop in Brussels around 1510. The cabinet has many small three-dimensional scenes with wonderfully designed small figures. The central motif is the Passion story with Christ on the cross, while the Christmas series appears at the bottom of the cabinet. But one central figure is missing-the child in the manger! In the past, it was a tradition in Villberga that this figure was lent to women who were about to give birth, and sometimes the baby Jesus has gone astray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The church vault contains frescoes from the 1460s. They are large figures surrounded by vines and leaves. Apparently the congregation in the 15th century was not satisfied with the paintings, because new ones were commissioned from Albertus Pictor as early as 1490. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was his paintings that the congregation sat and looked at during services. But in 1905, the church was restored and the Albertus Pictor paintings were removed so that the oldest paintings could be seen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don't miss the small cupboard in the front of the choir, it's not often you can look at furniture from the 15th century!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Medieval church with stunningly beautiful altarpiece from 1510.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":18354,"parent":0,"template":"","platserna":[2,201],"platstagg":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18341","1":"plats","2":"type-plats","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"platserna-kyrkor","7":"platserna-historia","8":"entry"},"acf":{"oppenverksamhet":false,"med_pa_kartan":false,"visa_pa_webbsidan":true,"beskrivande_underrubrik":"","kontaktperson":"","tel":"0171-257 00","tel_alt":"","e-post":"enkoping.pastorat@svenskakyrkan.se","adress":"Villberga kyrka","postnummer":"74951","webb":"https:\/\/www.svenskakyrkan.se\/platser\/12892-enkopings-pastorat-villberga-kyrka","facebook":"","instagram":"","tripadvisor":"","wikipedia":"","koordinater":{"address":"Villberga kyrka, Grillby, Sverige","lat":59.61004500000001,"lng":17.272959,"zoom":10,"place_id":"ChIJRa3QCpZSXkYRowaMqUTS4GY","name":"Villberga church","city":"Grillby","state":"Uppsala l\u00e4n","post_code":"749 51","country":"Sverige","country_short":"SE"},"googleplaceid":"","gps-fil":"","wc":false,"wifi":false,"medlem":true,"\u00f6ppettider":"Villberga kyrka \u00e4r \u00f6ppen i samband med gudstj\u00e4nster och f\u00f6rr\u00e4ttningar.\r\n\r\nKyrkan kan \u00e4ven \u00f6ppnas efter \u00f6verenskommelse. 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