2.5 kmOksby Old Church
Quiet church traces in the same West Jutland landscape; the visit can be read as a legible absence.
Ho Church is modest from the outside: whitewashed, low, and quietly placed in the western end of Ho village. That is exactly why the church interior can come as a surprise. Here you do not just find a single old altar or a baptismal font, but an unusually dense layer of older furnishings, where medieval figures, a crucifix, and maritime traces stand side by side.
Inside, it is worth noticing the round chancel arch, the built-in niches, and the flat board ceiling before your eye moves on to the figures. The church has 23 Catholic altar figures, which probably belonged to older altarpieces, and the pulpit has a special background: it was converted from an ostensorium cabinet that was originally used to store communion wafers.
One of the most eye-catching pieces of furnishings is the ship model, a small galleon with cannons. It is not decoration without local significance, but an old ship model in a church close to Ho Bay and the open coastal landscape.
The cemetery lies behind a whitewashed wall facing the road, while the landscape opens to the west. Ho is described as a road-cluster village with a road structure that has been well preserved for a long time, and the church fits into the low, open village rather than dominating it.
The altarpiece was installed in 1753, when Ho Church underwent a major renewal of its furnishings. It is not entirely newly made from scratch: parts of an older altarpiece from around 1600 were incorporated into the present one.
The paintings most likely come from the older altarpiece. In the center is the Crucifixion with Mary and John, while the wings show Moses and Jesus. The most distinctive feature is the figures: unusually tall and slender, almost stretched out of proportion.
