Hesby Church

Hesby Church
Hesby kirke

View of the church
Hesby Church
Location in Rogaland county
59°10′34″N 5°48′50″E / 59.1762°N 5.8138°E / 59.1762; 5.8138Coordinates: 59°10′34″N 5°48′50″E / 59.1762°N 5.8138°E / 59.1762; 5.8138
Location Finnøy, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed c. 1100
Specifications
Capacity 230
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Hesby
Deanery Tungenes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Hesby Church (Norwegian: Hesby kirke) is a parish church in Finnøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hesby on the island of Finnøy. The church is part of the Hesby parish in the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The old, stone church was first built around the year 1100, but it has been renovated and added on to several times since then. The church walls are about 1-metre (3 ft 3 in) thick. For a while, there was a steeple, but that was removed during the 1800s.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Hesby kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-01-18.


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