Kors Church

Kors Church
Kors kyrkje

View of the church
Kors Church

Location in Møre og Romsdal

62°26′17″N 7°50′59″E / 62.4380°N 7.8498°ECoordinates: 62°26′17″N 7°50′59″E / 62.4380°N 7.8498°E
Location Rauma Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 1797
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1902
Specifications
Capacity 120
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kors
Deanery Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Kors Church (Norwegian: Kors kyrkje) is a parish church in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Marstein in the central part of the Romsdalen valley. The church is part of the Kors parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre.[1][2]

History

The earliest known church in the Romsdalen valley is described as early as in 1498 when the church was located at Flatmark in the central Romsdalen valley. Here they built a new church in 1660 to replace the older one. This church was torn down in 1797, and the present wooden cruciform church was built. The church has served the residents of the inner Romsdalen valley for centuries. After a long-standing controversy about the location of the future church, it was decided by a Royal Decree on 23 March 1901 that the Øverdalen Chapel would be built to serve the southern part of the valley. Moreover, the Kors Church would be moved farther to the northeast and it would serve the central part of the valley. So, in 1907, the church was moved and rebuilt about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) down the valley to Marstein where it is now located.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kors kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
  3. ↑ "Kors kirke" (in Norwegian). Grytten prestegjeld. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

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