Kvinnherad Church

Kvinnherad Church
Kvinnherad kyrkje

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Kvinnherad Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.9897°N 6.0067°E / 59.9897; 6.0067Coordinates: 59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.9897°N 6.0067°E / 59.9897; 6.0067
Location Kvinnherad, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed c. 1250
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Kvinnherad
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Kvinnherad Church (Norwegian: Kvinnherad kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rosendal. The church is part of the Kvinnherad parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]

History

The white, stone church was built during the middle to late 13th century. The church was first named in historical records in 1306, but it was not new at that time. For about 300 years, the church was owned by the nearby Barony Rosendal, where many of the Rosenkrantz family are buried. The building has been renovated and refurbished many times over the centuries, the most recent times were in 1913-1914 and in 1955. The church seats about 400 people.[3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kvinnherad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Kvinnherad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kvinnherad kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2015-03-30.



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