Gustav Adolf Stave Church

Gustavus Adolphus Stave Church
Gustaf-Adolf-Stabkirche

Gustavus Adolphus Stave Church, seen from North (2006)
Gustavus Adolphus Stave Church
Location within Lower Saxony
51°51′25″N 10°20′24″E / 51.85694°N 10.34000°E / 51.85694; 10.34000
Location Hahnenklee, Goslar
Country Germany
Denomination Lutheran
Website website of the congregation (German)
History
Dedicated 28 June 1908
Architecture
Status parish church
Functional status active
Architect(s) Karl Mohrmann
Architectural type stave church
Style Historicism
Groundbreaking 1907
Completed 1908
Specifications
Materials spruce wood
Administration
Parish Hahnenklee-Bockwiese Congregation
Deanery Hildesheim Deanery
Synod Church of Hanover

The Lutheran Gustav Adolf Stave Church (German Gustav-Adolf-Stabkirche) is a stave church situated in Hahnenklee, in the Harz region, Germany.

The church is a free copy of Borgund stave church in Norway, with adaptions to fulfil its role as the Hahnenklee parish church. The construction began in 1907, and the church opened its doors for use on June 28, 1908.

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