Kvinnherad Church
Kvinnherad Church | |
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Kvinnherad kyrkje | |
View of the church | |
Kvinnherad Church Location in Hordaland county | |
59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.9897°N 6.0067°ECoordinates: 59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.9897°N 6.0067°E | |
Location | Kvinnherad, Hordaland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Completed | c. 1250 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 400 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Parish | Kvinnherad |
Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Kvinnherad Church (Norwegian: Kvinnherad kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rosendal. The church is part of the Kvinnherad parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]
History
The white, stone church was built during the middle to late 1200s. The church was first named in historical records in 1306, but it was not new at that time. For about 300 years, the church was owned by the nearby Barony Rosendal, where many of the Rosenkrantz family are buried. The building has been renovated and refurbished many times over the centuries, the most recent times were in 1913-1914 and in 1955. The church seats about 400 people.[3][4]
Media gallery
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Front of church
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From a distance
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Exterior window
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Side door
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Interior view
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Churchyard
See also
References
- ↑ "Kvinnherad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
- ↑ "Kvinnherad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kvinnherad kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
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