Voll Church

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Voll Church
Voll kyrkje
Voll kyrkje Måndalen.JPG
View of the church
62°31′58″N 7°26′39″E / 62.532793526°N 7.444272637°E / 62.532793526; 7.444272637Coordinates: 62°31′58″N 7°26′39″E / 62.532793526°N 7.444272637°E / 62.532793526; 7.444272637
LocationRauma Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded14th century
Consecrated1896
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1896 (126 years ago) (1896)
Specifications
Capacity290
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishVoll
DeaneryIndre Romsdal prosti
DioceseMøre bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85866

Voll Church (Norwegian: Voll kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Voll in the Måndalen valley. It is the church for the Voll parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1896 using plans drawn up by the architect from Ålesund. The church seats about 290 people, making it the largest church in Rauma.[1][2]

History[]

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but it was not new that year. The first church in Voll was likely a stave church that was built in the 14th century. In 1673-1674 the old church was torn down and a new timber-framed, cruciform church was constructed on the same site. The east-west wings measured to be 15.6-metre (51 ft) long and the north-south wings had the same length. There was a sacristy on the end of the east wing and a church porch on the end of the west wing.[3][4][5]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[6][7] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[6][8]

In the spring of 1895, the old church was torn down. Construction of a new church on the same site began right away and in 1896 the church was completed. The new church has a rectangular nave with a choir that has a nearly semi-circular apse on the eastern end. There were two sacristies on either side of the choir. There is a large steeple on the western end of the building above the church porch. The church was restored and renovated in 1964.[3][5]

Media gallery[]

  • FV171 Voll kirke.jpg
  • Voll kyrkje korsakristi.JPG
  • Voll.jpg
  • Måndalen (Rauma) - no-nb digifoto 20160720 00158 NB MIT FNR 22981.jpg
  • Voll kirke interiør.jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Voll kyrkje, Måndalen". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Voll kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Voll" (in Norwegian). Rauma kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Voll kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 28 July 2021.

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