Kleive Church

Kleive Church
Kleive kyrkje

View of the church
Kleive Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Kleive Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°47′56″N 7°39′18″E / 62.7990°N 7.6551°E / 62.7990; 7.6551Coordinates: 62°47′56″N 7°39′18″E / 62.7990°N 7.6551°E / 62.7990; 7.6551
Location Molde Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Style Empire style
Completed 1858
Specifications
Capacity 270
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kleive
Deanery Molde domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Kleive Church (Norwegian: Kleive kyrkje) is a parish church in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kleive, at the eastern end of the Fannefjorden. The church is the only church in the Kleive parish which is part of the Molde arch-deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1858 in the Empire style. The church seats about 270 people.[1]

History

In 1589, historical records show that a stave church existed in Kleive. That is the oldest known church at that site. That church was demolished in 1697 and a new cruciform church was built to replace it. In 1857, that cruciform church was torn down and the present octagonal church was built.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kleive kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-18.



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