Hareid Church

Hareid Church
Hareid kyrkje

View of the church
Hareid Church

Location in Møre og Romsdal county

62°22′02″N 6°01′47″E / 62.3673°N 6.0296°ECoordinates: 62°22′02″N 6°01′47″E / 62.3673°N 6.0296°E
Location Hareid Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Stokkeland & Schirmer
Completed 1877
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hareid
Deanery Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Hareid Church (Norwegian: Hareid kyrkje) is a parish church in Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hareid on the eastern side of the island of Hareidlandet. The church is part of the Hareid parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1877 and it seats about 400 people.[1][2]

History

The oldest known church in Hareid dates back to the 1200s. Little is known about that church, but it was a stave church which burned down after a lightning strike on 25 February 1806. The church was replaced by an octagonal building in 1807 that was designed by the local parish priest, Peder Thomas Buschmann. This church stood for 70 years before it was torn down and replaced. The new church was built in a Romanesque Revival style and it was consecrated on 13 December 1877 by the local parish priest Christian Wisløff.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hareid kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Kyrkjebygningen" (in Norwegian). Hareid kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-08-01.