Kallundborg Kirke

Fig. 3. Kailundborg Kirke 1922, set fra Øst. — Kallundborg Church 1922, from the East. gulær, som Byen maatte blive efter Terrainets Form, maatte det være naturligt at lægge en Hovedgade Øst—Vest paa langs ned gennem det hele Byomraade; dertil sluttede sig saa Randgader mod Nord og Syd, der mod Vest løb ind i Hoved* gaden noget før dens Udløb af Byen og mod Øst samledes med Hovedgaden foran Slotsgraven. Trafikken mellem Øvre* og Nedrebyen maa antages at være gaaet Nord om Borgen (Fig. 5). Omtrent midt paa det højeste Punkt af Øvrebyen, ca. 14m over Havet, og umiddelbart Syd for Hovedgaden, ligger Kir* ken, nu Kallundborgs eneste. Den er omgivet af en middel* alderlig Kirkegaardsmur, der dog er forsvunden paa Øst* siden og her erstattet af en nyere Mur. Mod Sydøst slutter Kirkegaardsmuren sig til den sengotiske Kirkelade og mod Nordvest til den ligeledes sengotiske Præstebolig, der nylig er indrettet til Ligkapel. Til Nordsiden af østre Korsarm (Koret) er tilbygget et gotisk Sakristi og tidligere var der foran Por* talen i søndre Korsarms Østside et gotisk Vaabenhus. Ind* gangene i Kirkegaardsmuren er af nyere Form og findes i Vestsiden udfor Kirkens Vestportal samt i Østsiden for En* den af Adelgadetorvet. Af gamle Byplaner fremgaar, at der tidligere fandtes Indgang i Murens Vestside, nærmere Præste* boligen, og i dens Nordside udfor Kirkens Nordportal. Kir* kens Grund vender mod Øst ud imod Smalsiden af den an* selige tresidede Torveplads, der er skabt ved en Udvidelse af Hovedgaden, Adelgaden, mod Syd. Dette Torv synes forsæt* ligt lagt saaledes, at Trafikken uhindret af Kirken og dens Grund kan fortsættes i lige Linie gennem Byen. Kirke og Borg har dannet de monumentale Tyngdepunkter i det middelalderlige Kallundborg og har givet Øvrebyen en væsentlig Del af dens Karakter. Men denne var tillige be* stemt af de Fæstningsværker, der omsluttede Byen. Er de kun totally destroyed, surrounded by its moats of which the one on the west separated it from the upper town. Here the net* work of streets shows that its existence is the result of a de* finite plan. The upper town is more than a common city sec* tion, it is indeed a city in itself. Rectangular in form due to the lay of the land, it was but natural to let the main street run east—west through the entire city. While on the west the outlying streets on the north and south ran into the main street shortly before it left the town, those on the east joined it near the moat. It is probable that traffic between the upper and lower town went north of the castle (Fig. 5). Near the center of the highest part of the upper town, about 14 metres above sea*level and just south of the main street, lies Kallundborg Church, now the only one in the city. It is surrounded by a church*wall from the Middle Ages, of which the east side, having been destroyed, was later rebuilt. On the southeast the wall adjoins the late Gothic church barn, and on the northwest the late Gothic parsonage, re* cently made into a mortuary chapel. On the north side of the east transept, (the choir) a Gothic sacristy has been added, and earlier, in front of the entrance on the eastern side of the southern transept, a Gothic porch. The gates in the church* yard walls are newer in form and may be found on the west side opposite the western entrance of the church, and on the east side at the end of the Adelgade market*place. Old maps of the city show that there was once a door in the west side of the wall nearer the parsonage, and in the north side op* posite the northern entrance of the church. The grounds of the church facing east turn toward the narrow part of the im* posing triangularysshaped market*place, formed by the widen* ing of the main street, Adelgade. This market*place seems to have ben intentionally located in such a way, that the main 3