Editing Marstal (section)

==Marstal Church==
[[File: Nordenskirker Marstal01.jpg|thumb|{{ill|Marstal Church|da|Marstal Kirke}}]]

Built in 1738, - once in 1772 by adding an extension and later in 1920 with a tower to commemorate the reunification of [[southern Jutland]] with Denmark. Seven [[votive ship]]s  indicate the growth of shipping in the town from the 18th to the 20th century. The font dates from the Middle Ages, and the blue color of the benches symbolizes the sea and eternity, whereas the red colors of the altar and pulpit evoke the blood shed by Christ. Red is also the color of love. [[Carl Rasmussen]], a maritime artist who usually specialized in the motifs of Greenland, painted the 1881 altarpiece, depicting Christ stilling a storm. In the old churchyard are memorials and tombstones honoring the sailors of Marstal who died at sea during two world wars.