Vestnes Church

Vestnes Church (Norwegian: Vestnes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestnes. It is the church for the Vestnes parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1872 by Anders Johnsen Berg who used plans by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 480 people.[1][2][3]

Vestnes Church
Vestnes kyrkje
View of the church
Vestnes Church
Location of the church
Vestnes Church
Vestnes Church (Norway)
62.6277°N 7.0848°E / 62.6277; 7.0848
LocationVestnes Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 16th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Anders Johnsen Berg
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1872
Specifications
Capacity480
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishVestnes
DeaneryIndre Romsdal prosti
DioceseMøre

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, when it was an annex to the Old Veøy Church. At that time it was an old stave church. During the 1600s, there were two additions built onto the church, both in a timber-frame construction. In 1680, the old church was torn down and a new church was constructed just outside the cemetery which surrounded the old church building. The new church was completed in 1682. Some of the useful materials from the old church were reused in the new building. The new building was a cruciform design that was built with a timber-frame construction. Nearly 200 years later in 1872, a new church (the present church building) was built a short distance to the east of the previous church.[4]

  • Old church (1682-1872)

See also

References
  1. "Vestnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. "Kyrkjene i Vestnes" (in Norwegian). Vestnes kommune. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  4. "Vestnes kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
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