Gimmestad Church
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Gimmestad Church | |
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Gimmestad kyrkje | |
61°46′17″N 6°09′24″E / 61.7715°N 6.1566°E | |
Location | Gloppen Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Consecrated | 19 Dec 1910 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff |
Completed | 1910 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 315 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Deanery | Nordfjord prosti |
Parish | Gimmestad |
Gimmestad Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church in Gloppen Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørstranda, right along the shore of the Gloppefjorden. The church is part of the Gimmestad parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1910 by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 315 people. The church was consecrated on 19 December 1910 and it replaced the Old Gimmestad Church.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Gimmestad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
- ^ "Gimmestad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). NRK Fylkesleksikon. Retrieved 2013-10-24.