Sund Church
| Sund Church | |
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| Sund kyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
  Sund Church Location in Hordaland county  Sund Church Sund Church (Norway) | |
| 60°13′31″N 5°08′52″E / 60.2254°N 5.1478°E | |
| Location | Sund, Hordaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 18 May 1997 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Peder A. Ristesund |
| Completed | 1997 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 350 |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
| Deanery | Vesthordland prosti |
| Parish | Sund |
Sund Church (Norwegian: Sund kyrkje) is a parish church in Sund municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Klokkarvik. The church is part of the Sund parish in the Vesthordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]
History
First church
The first church in Sund was a stave church that was built sometime before the year 1327 when it is first mentioned in historical records. That church was torn down in the 1670s and replaced with a new church.[3]
Second church
A new timber-framed church was built in 1674. The church building was sold to Abraham Wessel from Bergen in 1725. In 1870, the people in the congregation bought the church back from private ownership and the church then was owned outright by the parish. At that time, the old church was deemed too small, and so work immediately began on planning for a new church. The church was torn down in 1878, one year after a new church was built nearby. The steeple from this church was saved and moved to Kausland and it was used in the new Kausland Church which was built a couple of years later.[3]
Third church
The new wooden church was built in 1877 and it was consecrated on 16 November 1877. The architect was Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and H. H. Jess. The church stood until 13 March 1994 when it burned to the ground.[3]
Fourth church
The present church was built in 1997. The concrete church was designed by the architect Peder A. Ristesund and it was consecrated on 18 May 1997. The church seats about 350 people.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Sund kyrkje, Klokkarvik". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
- ^ a b c d "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2014-12-16.
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