Ortnevik Church
Ortnevik Church | |
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Ortnevik kyrkje | |
Ortnevik Church Location of the church | |
61°06′26″N 6°07′51″E / 61.1072°N 6.1307°ECoordinates: 61°06′26″N 6°07′51″E / 61.1072°N 6.1307°E | |
Location | Høyanger Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Former name(s) | Ortnevik Chapel |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1925 |
Consecrated | 1925 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Dragestil |
Completed | 1925 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 292 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Bjordal og Ortnevik |
Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
Diocese | Bjørgvin |
Ortnevik Church (Norwegian: Ortnevik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ortnevik on the south shore of the Sognefjorden. It is one of the two churches for the Bjordal og Ortnevik parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design and a dragestil style in 1925 using designs by the architect , who lived in the village. The church seats about 292 people.[1][2]
History[]
The chapel was built and consecrated in 1925, ending a period of hundreds of years where the parishioners had to cross the Sognefjorden by boat to get to their church (Kyrkjebø Church). It had the status of a chapel until 1 January 1997 when it was upgraded to a church. At the same time the new parish of Bjordal og Ortnevik was created with Ortnevik Church and Bjordal Church being the two parish churches. This meant that all the people in Høyanger on the south side of the fjord now had their own parish.[3]
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References[]
- ^ "Ortnevik kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^ Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Ortnevik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- Høyanger
- Churches in Vestland
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1925
- 1925 establishments in Norway
- National Romantic architecture in Norway
- Art Nouveau church buildings in Norway