Ørsta Church

Ørsta Church
Ørsta kyrkje

View of the church
Ørsta Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal county
Ørsta Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°12′10″N 6°07′37″E / 62.2028°N 6.1269°E / 62.2028; 6.1269Coordinates: 62°12′10″N 6°07′37″E / 62.2028°N 6.1269°E / 62.2028; 6.1269
Location Ørsta Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno
Completed 1864
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Ørsta
Deanery Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Ørsta Church (Norwegian: Ørsta kyrkje) is a parish church in Ørsta Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ørsta, at the end of the Ørstafjorden. The church is part of the Ørsta parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1864 by the architects Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno. The church seats about 350 people.[1][2]

There has been a church here in Ørsta for centuries. There was a stave church and then a cruciform church. In 1864, the previous church was taken down and replaced with the present church.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ørsta kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Ørsta kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Ørsta kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-08-04.



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