Myking Church

Myking Church
Myking kyrkje

View of the church
Myking Church
Location in Hordaland county
Myking Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°42′00″N 5°19′31″E / 60.7000°N 5.3254°E / 60.7000; 5.3254Coordinates: 60°42′00″N 5°19′31″E / 60.7000°N 5.3254°E / 60.7000; 5.3254
Location Lindås, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 17 November 1861
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed 1861
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Myking
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Myking Church (Norwegian: Myking kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myking. The church is part of the Myking parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in 1861 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church, which seats about 250 people, was consecrated on 17 November 1861. The present church is probably the third church at Myking. The two earlier churches were probably a stave church from the Middle Ages followed by a timber framed church from 1606. The present church stands about 300 metres (980 ft) from the site of the previous church. It was the request of the villagers that the present church be built of stone from the surrounding area rather than a wood church.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Myking kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-28.



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