Myking Church
| Myking Church | |
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| Myking kyrkje | |
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View of the church | |
  Myking Church Location in Hordaland county | |
| 60°42′00″N 5°19′31″E / 60.7000°N 5.3254°ECoordinates: 60°42′00″N 5°19′31″E / 60.7000°N 5.3254°E | |
| Location | Lindås, Hordaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 17 November 1861 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
| Completed | 1861 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Myking |
| Deanery | Nordhordland prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Myking Church (Norwegian: Myking kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myking. The church is part of the Myking parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in 1861 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church, which seats about 250 people, was consecrated on 17 November 1861. The present church is probably the third church at Myking. The two earlier churches were probably a stave church from the Middle Ages followed by a timber framed church from 1606. The present church stands about 300 metres (980 ft) from the site of the previous church. It was the request of the villagers that the present church be built of stone from the surrounding area rather than a wood church.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Myking kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
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