Talk:Round church

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"A round church is a special type of church construction, having a completely circular plan. Round churches are often found in Denmark (notably the island Bornholm) or Sweden and were popular church constructions in Scandinavia in the 11th and early 12th centuries."

As they were all over Europe, where many still can be seen. The text is rubbish in an international encycklopaedia. Jan Eskildsen 87.57.199.146 (talk) 19:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

I also wonder from which source you have got this sentence "...church constructions in Scandinavia in the 11th and early 12th centuries...". I would love to see documentation for round churches from the 11th century. Don't hesitate to tell.87.57.199.196 (talk) 11:16, 5 March 2009 (UTC)Jan Eskildsen

Merge proposal
I think this article should be merged into Rotunda (architecture), which deals with the same time of building. It has a broader scope, but it covers religious buidings too. --Thrissel (talk) 12:55, 30 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Seems to be a sensible idea. Twiceuponatime (talk) 08:55, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

A rotunda is not necessarily a church. It would in my opinion be better to have anarticle with the headline "Round churches and other central churches" - or vice versa. Also remember that octagonal building have been mentioned as rotundas. There are good sources, books and academic articles at the web.

1. Götz, Wolfgang. 1968. Zentralbau und Zentralbautendenz in der gotischen Architektur. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag. 2 Naredi-Rainer, Paul von. 1994. Salomos Tempel und das Abendland: Monumentale Folgen historischer Irrtürmer. Köln: Dumont Buchverlag. 3 Untermann, Matthias. 1989. Der Zentralbau im Mittelalter: Form, Funktion, Verbreitung, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
 * Some good books on the subject:

4 Nilsson, Ing-Marie. 1994. Rundkyrkor i Norden. Master thesis in medieval archaeology. Lund: Department of Archaeology, Lund University [Stencil].
 * If its about Nordic churches, these could be good for a start

5 Wienberg, Jes. 2004. ‘Fortresses, Storehouses and Symbols – Ambiguous Churches of the Baltic Sea’. In Der Ostseeraum und Kontinentaleuropa 1100–1600: Einflußsnahme – Rezeption – Wandel, eds. Detlef Kattinger, Jens E. Olesen & Horst Wernicke. Culture Clash or Compromise VIII. Schwerin: Thomas Helms Verlag, pp. 35–50. [Also printed in META: Medeltidsarkeologisk tidskrift, 4 (2000): 26–58, and in Bornholmske Samlinger 2003, Ser. III, vol. 17: 9–35.] + A new anthology has been published this year (2023) about the round church in Tønsberg and the monastery there. Will bring full title later. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChurchNerd (talk • contribs) 15:44, 13 August 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm hoping to expand this article at some point. There's definitely enough material for a full prose article on round churches – I don't think it would be necessary to widen the scope to include octagonal churches, and in fact I think this would even make the article too long. The content of the current article could be moved to a new title, "List of round churches". I may not get to this for a while though, so feel free to make a start yourself, ChurchNerd, if you like. I can't read German so any info you could provide from those sources would be great. Sojourner in the earth (talk) 20:23, 13 August 2023 (UTC)

The list of literature is still under consideration, and I will contribute with some classical / essential titles in a couple of weeks time. 185.109.78.248 (talk) 09:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC) Jan Eskildsen - https://janeskildsen.academia.edu/ This: Ann Vibeke Knudsen, The Old Churches of Bornholm. Bornholm Museum, Rønne, 1999. ISBN 87-88179-43-5 - the text is just a newprint of an old book from 1878, made by students. The official source is Danmarks Kirker - (Denmark's churches) from the National Museum of Denmark, with new supplements, but that is in Danish. 10:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC) https://janeskildsen.academia.edu/ http://danmarkskirker.natmus.dk/soeg/ - more will come as said before in a couple of weeks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.109.78.248 (talk) 10:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)