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AarhusWiki — Vor Frue Kirke (wooden church burned 1051)
Local encyclopedia note on the wooden church burned in Harald Hardrada’s 1051 attack, then Skt. Nicolai.
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Excerpts filed 26 Sept 2026 from https://aarhuswiki.dk/wiki/Vor_Frue_Kirke.
- Crypt under Vor Frue is a remnant of Aarhus’s first cathedral, Skt. Nicolai.
- Still earlier there was a wooden church on the site, which burned during the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada’s attack on the town in 1051.
- About a decade later Aarhus became a new bishopric and building of Skt. Nicolai began.