Hoed Church
The history of Hoed Church on Djursland dates back to 1183, when Bishop Svend of Aarhus bequeathed a farm in Hoed to the Cistercian monks at Øm Abbey. Svend owned many properties, including some as far away as Djursland.
It is believed that the monks travelled to Glatved to collect the high-quality salt from Saltholm, which they loaded onto barges and sailed to Randers, continuing along the Gudenåen river to Mossø, where they built their monastery at Øm.
However, it was not all work; the monks needed a house of God in which to pray, which they helped to build on one of the plots of land that the bishop had given them.
The porch has foundation walls approximately 1 metre wide. The tower has an open V-side, which is characteristic of churches in Djursland.
In the porch, there are walled-in gravestones with carved flowers, all of which are mentioned in the Bible.