Kumla church

Church

The church from the first half of the 1200s is a traditionally white-plastered small rural church next to the old country road south of Lake Tåkern. Kumla church is the smallest church in the Diocese of Linköping with a complete floor plan, that is to say a tower, nave, choir, and sacristy.

The ancient design with apse and the preserved Romanesque roof structure has led to the church being dated to the end of the 12th century. In 2015, a radiocarbon dating was conducted which showed that the church originates from the first half of the 13th century. During the late Middle Ages, a tower and a sacristy were built. The sacristy was demolished and a new one was built in 1696, but the late medieval iron door was left intact. In the 19th century, the upper part of the medieval west tower was demolished. Now, the vaults from the 15th century in the long house were also removed and replaced with a wooden barrel vault. Since the 1950s, the church bells hang in a free-standing bell tower.

The altarpiece, which still stands in the church today, was made in the first half of the 15th century in Lübeck and was donated to the church in the early 18th century. The pulpit rests on the lower part of the church's medieval baptismal font made of limestone. It can be dated to the 13th century and is neatly sculpted with leaf shapes. In 1953, Miss Märta Ottosson from Tungelunda donated a new silver baptismal bowl to the church.