Geitastrand Church

Geitastrand Church
Geitastrand kirke

View of the church
Geitastrand Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Geitastrand Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°21′54″N 9°55′31″E / 63.3650°N 9.9254°E / 63.3650; 9.9254
Location Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1859
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Administration
Parish Orkdal
Deanery Orkdal
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Geitastrand Church (Norwegian: Geitastrand kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in Geitastrand, along the Trondheimsfjord, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Orkanger.[1]

The wooden church was built in 1859, and consecrated on 3 November 1859 by the local dean, Henning Junghaus Kaurin. The architect who designed the building was Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church is part of the Geitastrand parish in the Orkdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kirken på Geitastrand" (in Norwegian). Orkdalsmenighetene. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  3. ↑ "Historien før 1859" (in Norwegian). Orkdalsmenighetene. Retrieved 2011-01-31.


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