Vinje Church (Hordaland)

Vinje Church
Vinje kyrkje

View of the church
Vinje Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°47′33″N 6°30′40″E / 60.7925°N 6.5112°E / 60.7925; 6.5112Coordinates: 60°47′33″N 6°30′40″E / 60.7925°N 6.5112°E / 60.7925; 6.5112
Location Voss, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 3 October 1871
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Vangberg
Completed 1871
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vinje
Deanery Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Vinje Church (Norwegian: Vinje kyrkje) is a parish church in Voss municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vinje. The church is part of the Vinje parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1871 by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church seats about 350 people.[1][2]

History

Vinje has been a church site since the middle ages and is mentioned for the first time in historical records in 1329. That church was most likely a stave church. In the 1670s, a new log church was built nearby in the village, but not necessarily on the same exact site. Then in 1871, the present church was built in Vinje.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vinje kyrkje, Voss". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  3. ↑ "Vinje Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2014-05-19.


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