Bakka Church
| Bakka Church | |
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| Bakka kyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
  Bakka Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county | |
| 60°55′03″N 6°52′13″E / 60.9175°N 6.8702°E | |
| Location | Aurland Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 11 May 1859 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
| Completed | 1859 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 200 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
| Deanery | Indre Sogn prosti |
| Parish | Nærøy |
Bakka Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church in Aurland Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bakka, on the shores of the sparsely populated Nærøyfjorden. The church is part of the Nærøy parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]
The white, wooden church, which has about 200 seats was built in 1859. It was designed by the architect Christian Henrik Grosch and it was consecrated on 11 May 1859. Prior to the building of this church, the people living along the Nærøyfjorden belonged to the nearby Undredal parish. When the new church was built at Bakka, the Nærøy area became a separate parish. Nærøy parish is the smallest parish in Sogn og Fjordane county in the Diocese of Bjørgvin with 104 members in 1999. In a normal year, there are about one or two baptisms and about the same number of confirmands.[3]
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View of the church on the shore of the Nærøyfjorden -
Exterior view of the church -
Exterior view, seen from the fjord
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See also
References
- ^ "Bakka kyrkje, Nærøy". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Bakka kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
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