Røbekk Church

Røbekk Church
Røbekk kirke / Bolsøy kirke

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Røbekk Church

Location in Møre og Romsdal

62°45′09″N 7°17′36″E / 62.7526°N 7.2932°ECoordinates: 62°45′09″N 7°17′36″E / 62.7526°N 7.2932°E
Location Molde Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Gabriel Smith
Completed 1898
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bolsøy
Deanery Molde domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Røbekk Church (Norwegian: Røbekk kirke, Bolsøy kirke) is a parish church in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Røbekk, an eastern suburb of the town of Molde. The church is part of the Bolsøy parish in the Molde arch-deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1898 and it seats about 400 people.[1]

History

There was a church on the island of Bolsøya for a long time, and it was the main church for the old municipality of Bolsøy. A new church was built on the mainland at Røbekk in 1898 to replace the old church on the island. That new church became the new main church for Bolsøy parish and municipality and the old church on the island was torn down in 1906. This is why Røbekk Church is also referred to as Bolsøy Church.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Røbekk kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
  2. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "bolsøya" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-05-17.