Vats Church

Vats Church
Vats kyrkje

View of the church
(Photo: Jarle Vines)
Vats Church
Location in Rogaland county
Vats Church
Location in Rogaland county
59°29′36″N 5°43′39″E / 59.4934°N 5.7274°E / 59.4934; 5.7274Coordinates: 59°29′36″N 5°43′39″E / 59.4934°N 5.7274°E / 59.4934; 5.7274
Location Vindafjord, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Linstow
Completed 1855
Specifications
Capacity 534
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vats
Deanery Haugaland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Vats Church (Norwegian: Vats kyrkje) is a parish church in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vats at the southern end of the lake Vatsvatnet. The church is part of the Vats parish in the Haugaland deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in 1855 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow.[1][2]

History

The first church at Vats was most likely a medieval stave church. That church was replaced by a second church in 1640. That church, in turn, was replaced by the present church in 1855.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vats kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Vats kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Vindafjord kommune. Retrieved 2015-08-17.



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