Hen Church
| Hen Church | |
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| Hen kyrkje | |
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  Hen Church Location of the church  Hen Church Hen Church (Norway) | |
| 62°34′39″N 7°47′27″E / 62.5775°N 7.7908°E | |
| Location | Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Unknown |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1831 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 200 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Møre |
| Deanery | Indre Romsdal prosti |
| Parish | Hen |
Hen Church (Norwegian: Hen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Isfjorden, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the town of Åndalsnes. It is the church for the Hen parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1831 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2]
History
There has been a church in this village for centuries. There are some artifacts from the church dating back to the 13th century that are now at the Romsdal Museum and the oldest existing written records of the church date back to 1589. The oldest known church building on the site was a stave church which stood on the site until the 1830s when it was torn down. That building was 11.6 by 8.1 metres (38 by 27 ft). It was replaced in 1831 by a rectangular building that was constructed out of granite. It was likely built just outside the churchyard which surrounded to the old church. This new, white stone church has an onion dome on top of a central tower on the roof. The current pulpit is from the 1930s and the altarpiece from 1831.[3][4][5]
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References
- ^ "Hen kirke, Isfjorden". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ Thaule, John Ove; Ubostad, Ingar; Pedersen, Bjørn (1990). "Kyrkjene våre". Ei bok om Rauma. Rauma kommune. pp. 207–210.
- ^ "Hen kirke" (in Norwegian). Grytten prestegjeld. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ^ "Hen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
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