Bakke Church (Trondheim)

Bakke Church (Norwegian: Bakke kirke) is a parish church in Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Bakklandet area of the city of Trondheim, and the church serves the Bakklandet, Møllenberg, Rosenborg, and Nedre Elvehavn areas of Østbyen in Trondheim. It is one of the churches for the Bakklandet og Lademoen parish which is part of the Nidaros domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.[1][2]

Bakke Church
Bakke kirke
View of the church
Bakke Church Location of the church Bakke Church Bakke Church (Norway)
63.4328°N 10.4104°E
Location	Trondheim, Trøndelag
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Johan Christopher Hempel
Architectural type	Octagonal
Completed	1715
Specifications
Capacity	407
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Bakklandet og Lademoen
Deanery	Nidaros domprosti
Diocese	Nidaros

The red, octagonal, wooden church was built in 1715 and it was designed by the architect Johan Christopher Hempel (died 1729). The church seats about 400 people. It is the oldest building in the Bakklandet area of Trondheim since it was the only building that was spared during the Swedish siege of 1718. After World War I, the Innherredsveien road (the old European route E6 highway) was widened and upgraded and the church was located too close to and the church became a major traffic obstruction. This led to plans to demolish the church, especially after the opening of the new Bakke bridge in 1927. It was decided to save the church, so the whole church was jacked up with a jack and moved several feet to the side in 1939. Then it was restored and consecrated again in 1941.[3][4]

Although the building is owned by the Church of Norway, the state Lutheran church, Bakke Church is also used by Trondheim's small Eastern Orthodox Church congregation, who do not possess their own church building.

Media gallery

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  Exterior view
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  Interior view (1965)
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  Interior (before 1939)
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  Exterior view (in 1939 before it was moved)
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  Exterior view (in 1939 before it was moved)
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  Exterior view (in 1962, after the church was moved in order to widen the road)

See also

• List of churches in Nidaros

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
2. Bakklandet menighet. "Bakke kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-03-30.
3. Christie, Sigrid Marie; Christie, Håkon. "Bakke kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
4. "Bakke kirke, Trondheim". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-03-15.