Hamre Church

Hamre Church
Hamre kyrkje

View of the church
Hamre Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°32′41″N 5°21′08″E / 60.5448°N 5.3521°E / 60.5448; 5.3521Coordinates: 60°32′41″N 5°21′08″E / 60.5448°N 5.3521°E / 60.5448; 5.3521
Location Osterøy, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1024
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed Abt. 1600
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Osterøy
Deanery Arna og Åsane prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Hamre Church (Norwegian: Hamre kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hamre. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]

History

The present church at Hamre cannot be dated precisely. It was historically thought to have been built around 1622, but more recently an inscription on the old main door was found that suggests that it may have been built in 1585, in which case it is the first wooden church to be built near Bergen. Hamre Church was founded in 1024, and it was the main church for all of Nordhordland. There isn't much known about the original church building, but at some point it was torn down and a stave church was built to replace it. The stave church was replaced by the present church sometime around 1600.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hamre kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Hamre kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Osterøy kyrkjeleg fellesråd.


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