Brekken Church
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Brekken Church | |
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Brekken kirke | |
62°38′50″N 11°52′20″E / 62.6473°N 11.8721°E | |
Location | Røros, Trøndelag |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Consecrated | 17 July 1878 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1878 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Nidaros |
Deanery | Gauldal |
Parish | Brekken |
Brekken Church (Norwegian: Brekken kirke) is a parish church in Røros municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Brekken, at the eastern end of the lake Aursunden. It is the church for the Brekken parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The gray, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1878 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan, and it was consecrated on 17 July 1878 by the Bishop Andreas Grimelund. The building can hold about 200 people.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Brekken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
- ^ "Brekken kirke" (in Norwegian). Røros kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2018-01-15.