The Stadager church is a few fields over from Erik's farm. It was originally built in 1270 as a parish church an aristocratic landowner who had bought a fifth of the island from the king. Its yellow color is unusual but the same color is used on nearby houses to denote they were part of the same property.
The church building has an abstract form when viewed from various perspectives. I do not know if the white patterns on the tower were originally open...letting the sound of the bell peal out more openly to the countryside...or what they may have symbolized. But they do embellish the otherwise simple form of these buildings.
When I biked by the church one morning, the tower door was open. The minister was inside...meeting with another woman from the parish...and she let me in to see the interior. Which was, of course, very simple.
My favorite part of the interior were the candle holders.
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Location:On the train to Prague
