Reksteren Church
Appearance
Reksteren Church | |
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Reksteren kyrkje | |
60°02′25″N 5°26′03″E / 60.0403°N 5.4343°E | |
Location | Tysnes, Hordaland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Torgeir Alvsaker |
Completed | 1937 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
Parish | Reksteren og Uggdal |
Reksteren Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church in Tysnes municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Bruntveit on the island of Reksteren. The church is part of the "Reksteren og Uggdal" parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The gold-colored, wooden church was built in 1937 by the architect Torgeir Alvsaker. The church seats about 250 people. It was consecrated on 28 January 1937 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Reksteren kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-01-20.