Aukra Church

Aukra Church
Aukra kyrkje
Aukra Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°47′27″N 6°55′01″E / 62.7907°N 6.9170°E / 62.7907; 6.9170Coordinates: 62°47′27″N 6°55′01″E / 62.7907°N 6.9170°E / 62.7907; 6.9170
Location Aukra Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Style Octagonal
Completed 1835
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Aukra
Deanery Molde domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Aukra Church (Norwegian: Aukra kyrkje) is a parish church in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aukrasanden on the southeast coast of the island of Gossa. The church is part of the Aukra parish in the Molde arch-deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The octagonal, white, wooden church was built in 1835. The church seats about 250 people.[1]

History

There has been a church here on Gossa island for centuries. The first church that was built here was probably a stave church dating back to the 1430s. In 1648, a new church was built to replace the old one. This church was destroyed by fire in 1709 after a lightning strike. In 1712 a new cruciform church was completed, but that one also was destroyed by fire due to lightning in 1772. The same happened again with the new church which was built in 1774. Another replacement church was built after that, and it too was burned down in 1834. The present church was built in 1835 and it is still standing.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Aukra kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Aukra kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett.no - Møre og Romsdal. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

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