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Revision as of 18:47, 2 November 2019
Geiranger Church | |
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Geiranger kyrkje | |
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62°05′56″N 7°12′25″E / 62.0989°N 7.2069°E | |
Location | Stranda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 16th century |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Hans Klipe |
Architectural type | Octagonal |
Completed | 1842 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 165 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Møre |
Deanery | Austre Sunnmøre prosti |
Parish | Geiranger |
Geiranger Church (Norwegian: Geiranger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Geiranger, and the end of the famous Geirangerfjorden. It is the church for the Geiranger parish which is part of the Austre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a octagonal style in 1842 by the architect Hans Klipe. The church seats about 165 people.[1][2]
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but it was not brand new at that time. The first church was a stave church that was about 6 metres (20 ft) wide and about 17 metres (56 ft) long. That church was torn down in 1742. Two years later, a new cruciform church on the same site was completed. The second church lasted until it burned on 2 July 1841 when it was started on fire by a deaf-mute person who was a part of the parish. The third and current church was completed in 1842, about a year after the old church burned.[3]
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See also
References
- ^ "Geiranger kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Geiranger kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-08-25.