DK:
Tveje Merløse er en lille landsby syd for Holbæk med et lille antal huse, men til gengæld har den en af Holbæks bykirker. Kirken er lidt for sig i det den er en af Sjællands ældste med tvillingetårne som er fuldt bevarede, og sandsynligvis ophav til stednavnet Tveje Merløse idet ”Tveje” er en forvanskning af ”tvende” = tallet 2.
Kirken blev rejst af Hvideslægten. Og oprindeligt blev kirken indviet til Skt. Laurentius, (på svensk Skt. Lars) hvilket ses i kirkens kalkmalerier, som skildrer hans martyrium på en gloende rist og dertil, at han blev tortureret. Drengenavnet Lars udgjorde da også omkring 10% af sognets navnestof i 1800 tallet, hvilket var det dobbelte af forekomsten i andre sogn. Om populariteten af navnet kun var på grund af Skt. Laurentius er dog svært at sige.
ENG:
Tveje Merløse is a small village south of Holbæk with a small number of houses, but on the other hand it has one of Holbæk's town churches. The church is a bit special in that it is one of Zealand's oldest with twin towers that are fully preserved, and probably the origin of the place name Tveje Merløse, as "Tveje" is a corruption of "tvende" = the number 2.
The church was built by the Hvideslægten. And originally the church was dedicated to St. Laurentius, (in Swedish Skt. Lars) which is seen in the church's frescoes, which depict his martyrdom on a glowing grid and that he was tortured. In the 1800s the name Lars was very popular in the parish and approximately 10% were called Lars, which was twice the occurrence in other parishes.
