Herøy Church

Not to be confused with Herøy Church (Nordland).
Herøy Church
Herøy kyrkje

View of the church
Herøy Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal county
Herøy Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°20′09″N 5°38′11″E / 62.3357°N 5.6364°E / 62.3357; 5.6364Coordinates: 62°20′09″N 5°38′11″E / 62.3357°N 5.6364°E / 62.3357; 5.6364
Location Herøy Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Kine Tambs and Hans Petter Madsø
Completed 2003
Specifications
Capacity 700
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Herøy
Deanery Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Herøy Church (Norwegian: Herøy kyrkje) is a parish church in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the town of Fosnavåg, on the island of Bergsøya. The church is part of the Herøy parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The concrete church was completed in 2003 to replace an older church. It was built by the architects Kino Tambs and Hans Petter Madsø from an architecture firm from Trondheim. The church was consecrated on 16 February 2003 by the Bishop Odd Bondevik. The church seats about 700 people.[1][2]

History

The first "Herøy Church" was built during the Middle Ages on the small island of Herøya, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of the present church. This was a small stone church and it was the main church for all of the outer Sunnmøre area. The church was demolished in 1859 and replaced by a wooden church. In 1916 the parish getting large and it was divided so that there would be a church for the outer islands and a church for the inner areas of the municipality. Since the church on Herøya was in the middle, it was decided to tear that one down and build two new churches elsewhere. The same year, a new main church for Herøy was built in Fosnavåg and Indre Herøy Church was built on the island of Gurskøy. Herøy Church burned down the night of Boxing Day 1998 . Many works of art from the Middle Ages were lost in the fire. The new (present) church was completed in 2003.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Herøy kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Om Herøy kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Herøy kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-08-20.


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