Hergot Chapel

Hergot Chapel
Hergot kapell
View of the church
Hergot Chapel Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°27′03″N 17°42′36″E / 68.4509°N 17.7099°E / 68.4509; 17.7099
Location	Narvik, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Chapel
Functional status	Active
Administration
Parish	Narvik
Deanery	Ofoten prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Hergot Chapel (Norwegian: Hergot kapell) is a chapel in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hergot. The chapel is part of the Narvik parish in the Ofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white chapel was built in 2005 to replace the old Straumsnes Chapel in nearby Straumsnes.^[1]

History

A chapel was built in Straumsnes in 1927 to serve the people living around the Rombaken fjord. In 2005, a new chapel was built in Hergot, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the northeast, to replace the old chapel in Straumsnes. The new chapel is located at the site of the local cemetery.

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

Church of Norway churches in the Ofoten deanery, Nordland county, Norway Ballangen Evenes Hamarøy Lødingen Tjeldsund Tysfjord Narvik Ballangen Church Kjeldebotn Church Efjord Chapel Evenes Church Bogen Chapel Hamarøy Church Sagfjord Church Tømmernes Church Lødingen Church Vestbygd Church Tjeldsund Church Fjelldal Chapel Ramsund Chapel Drag/Helland Church Kjøpsvik Church Korsnes Church Ankenes Church Bjerkvik Church Narvik Church Skjomen Church Bjørnfjell Chapel Fredskapellet Hergot Chapel Håkvik Chapel