Vestmarka Church
Vestmarka Church | |
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Vestmarka kirke | |
59°55′38″N 11°59′25″E / 59.9272658487°N 11.9902534782°ECoordinates: 59°55′38″N 11°59′25″E / 59.9272658487°N 11.9902534782°E | |
Location | Eidskog Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Former name(s) | Vestmarka kapell |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1883 |
Consecrated | 1883 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1883 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 300 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Vestmarka |
Deanery | Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85814 |
Vestmarka Church (Norwegian: Vestmarka kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Vestmarka parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1883 using plans drawn up by the architect . The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]
History[]
Planning for a new chapel in Vestmarka took place in the early 1880s. The architect Ludvig Bergh was hired to design the building. It was a timber-framed long church with a rectangular nave and a narrower choir with a lower roof line. The choir is flanked by sacristies. The west end of the building has a church porch with a tower above it. Construction took place in 1883 and the new chapel was consecrated in 1883. During the late 20th century, the chapel was upgraded in status to a parish church and at that time it was renamed Vestmarka Church (before that time it was Vestmarka Chapel).[3][4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Vestmarka kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Vestmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ^ "Vestmarka kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- Eidskog
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1883
- 1883 establishments in Norway