Austevoll Church

Austevoll Church
Austevoll kirke
Austevoll Church
Location in Hordaland county
Austevoll Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°05′37″N 5°13′21″E / 60.0937°N 5.2225°E / 60.0937; 5.2225Coordinates: 60°05′37″N 5°13′21″E / 60.0937°N 5.2225°E / 60.0937; 5.2225
Location Austevoll, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 22 Jan 1891
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Heinrich Jess
Completed 1890
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Austevoll
Deanery Fana prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Austevoll Church (Norwegian: Austevoll kirke) is the main parish church in Austevoll municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Storebø. The church is part of the Austevoll parish in the Fana deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1890 by the architect Hans Heinrich Jess. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

History

The first Austevoll Church was built in the middle ages on the small island of Sandtorv. The church was torn down and moved to Austevollshella on the island of Hundvåko in the 1650s. That church was in use for over 200 years. In 1891, the church was torn down and a new church (the present church) was rebuilt on the nearby island of Huftarøy in the village of Storebø. This new church was consecrated on 22 January 1891 by the Bishop Waldemar Hvoslef.[3]

The present Hundvåkøy Chapel now sits on the site at Austevollshella where the old Austevoll Church was located from the 1650s until 1891.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Austevoll kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-01-08.



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