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A road church is a roadside church, one of a network of such churches in
The first road church was opened in Germany in 1958. In 2012 there are 39 road churches or chapels. Some of them were built on purpose in a 
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Dammer Berge
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Roxel
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Exter
# Evangelisch-lutherische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Peter und Paul, Uhyst am Taucher
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Geismühle
# Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Raphael, Nievenheim
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Gelmeroda
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Waldlaubersheim (Martinskirche)
# Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus Himmelkron, Bad Berneck
# Autobahnkirche "Maria, Schutz der Reisenden", Adelsried
# Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus, Baden-Baden
# Katholische Autobahn- und Pfarrkirche "Maria am Wege", Windach
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Duben
# Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Antonius, Gescher/Coesfeld
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Galluskapelle", Leutkirch im Allgäu
# Evangelische Autobahnkirche Medenbach
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Kavelstorf
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Jesus - Brot des Lebens", Groß-Hesepe
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Emmauskapelle", Engen (near Singen)
# Ökumenische Autobahnkirche "Licht auf unserem Weg", Geiselwind
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Werbellin
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Schlüchtern
# Autobahnkirche Siegerland
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Benedikt, Hohenwarsleben
# Evangelische Autobahn-, Stadt- und Klosterkirche Brehna
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Petri, Brumby
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Hessisch Lichtenau
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Schwabhausen
# Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Waidhaus
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Kirchheim/Hessen
# Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Jakobikirche, Wilsdruff
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Pancratius, Rothenschirmbach, OT der Lutherstadt Eisleben
# Autohofkapelle an der A 44 Kassel-Dortmund, Abfahrt Diemelstadt
# Evangelische Autobahnkirche St. Kilian
# Autobahnkapelle Kassel "Licht auf dem Weg"
# Autobahnkapelle Hamm
# Autobahnkirche RUHR in Bochum
# Autobahnkirche St. Paul, Wittlich
# Autobahnkirche St. Thomas von Aquin, Trockau
# Evangelische Nikolaikirche und katholische St. Marienkirche Grasdorf (Holle)
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::'' List of road churches in Sweden''
A road church is a roadside church, one of a network of such churches in Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
(), Germany
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(, open all year), Estonia
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(), Finland
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(, ), Norway
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(), Russia
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(Murmansk oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of . Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bor ...
) and Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
(). The churches are kept open for tourists during the summer holiday season.
Czech Republic
The only road church in the Czech Republic is the Chapel of Reconciliation (), located on the D5 motorway in westBohemia
Bohemia ( ; ; ) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. In a narrow, geographic sense, it roughly encompasses the territories of present-day Czechia that fall within the Elbe River's drainage basin, but historic ...
near Plzeň
Plzeň (), also known in English and German as Pilsen (), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 188,000 inhabitants. It is located about west of P ...
, built in 2008.
Denmark
Road churches on the Danish islands
Road churches in Jutland
Estonia
:'' List of road churches in Estonia''Finland
The first road churches (, ) were opened in Finland during the 1990s. There are about 265 churches that act as roadside churches in the summer time. Most of the churches areLutheran
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
and some are Finnish Orthodox.
Germany
The first road church was opened in Germany in 1958. In 2012 there are 39 road churches or chapels. Some of them were built on purpose in a rest area
A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, Limited-access road, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names ...
, others are old village churches which happen to be situated near an access point. In liturgical terms, they range from ecumenical chapels with no formal rank up to fully consecrated Roman Catholic churches. Churches are open all year.
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Dammer Berge
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Roxel
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Exter
# Evangelisch-lutherische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Peter und Paul, Uhyst am Taucher
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle Geismühle
# Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Raphael, Nievenheim
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Gelmeroda
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Waldlaubersheim (Martinskirche)
# Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus Himmelkron, Bad Berneck
# Autobahnkirche "Maria, Schutz der Reisenden", Adelsried
# Katholische Autobahnkirche St. Christophorus, Baden-Baden
# Katholische Autobahn- und Pfarrkirche "Maria am Wege", Windach
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Duben
# Katholische Autobahnkapelle St. Antonius, Gescher/Coesfeld
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Galluskapelle", Leutkirch im Allgäu
# Evangelische Autobahnkirche Medenbach
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Kavelstorf
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Jesus - Brot des Lebens", Groß-Hesepe
# Ökumenische Autobahnkapelle "Emmauskapelle", Engen (near Singen)
# Ökumenische Autobahnkirche "Licht auf unserem Weg", Geiselwind
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche Werbellin
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Schlüchtern
# Autobahnkirche Siegerland
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Benedikt, Hohenwarsleben
# Evangelische Autobahn-, Stadt- und Klosterkirche Brehna
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Petri, Brumby
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Hessisch Lichtenau
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Schwabhausen
# Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Waidhaus
# SVG-Autohofkapelle Kirchheim/Hessen
# Ökumenische Autobahnkirche Jakobikirche, Wilsdruff
# Evangelische Autobahn- und Gemeindekirche St. Pancratius, Rothenschirmbach, OT der Lutherstadt Eisleben
# Autohofkapelle an der A 44 Kassel-Dortmund, Abfahrt Diemelstadt
# Evangelische Autobahnkirche St. Kilian
# Autobahnkapelle Kassel "Licht auf dem Weg"
# Autobahnkapelle Hamm
# Autobahnkirche RUHR in Bochum
# Autobahnkirche St. Paul, Wittlich
# Autobahnkirche St. Thomas von Aquin, Trockau
# Evangelische Nikolaikirche und katholische St. Marienkirche Grasdorf (Holle)
Italy
*San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11
The Church of San Giovanni Battista or Chiesa dell'Autostrada del Sole is a church in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, Italy, within a large motorway rest area shared between two autostrada roads. It can also be reached on foot from a local road ...
, called "Church of the Motorway" (1960–64), by Giovanni Michelucci
Giovanni Michelucci (2 January 1891 – 31 December 1990) was an Italian architect, urban planner and designer. He had the good fortune to live a long life almost entirely within the span of the twentieth century, giving us a valuable witness th ...
Norway
::'' List of road churches in Norway''Russia
There were two road churches inMurmansk oblast
Murmansk Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of . Its only internal border is the Republic of Karelia to the south, and it is bor ...
open in summer 2012.
Sweden
::'' List of road churches in Sweden''
References
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