Ranes Church

Ranes Church
Ranes kyrkje
Ranes Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Ranes Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°58′34″N 8°46′19″E / 62.9761°N 8.7720°E / 62.9761; 8.7720Coordinates: 62°58′34″N 8°46′19″E / 62.9761°N 8.7720°E / 62.9761; 8.7720
Location Surnadal Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Schmedling
Completed 1868
Specifications
Capacity 420
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Øye og Ranes
Deanery Indre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Ranes Church (Norwegian: Ranes kyrkje) is a parish church in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ranes, just east of the municipal centre of Skei. The church is one of two churches in the Øye og Ranes parish (along with Øye Church). The parish is part of the Indre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1868 by the architect Schmedling from Molde. The church has about 420 seats.[1]

History

There have been two previous church buildings on the site of the present Ranes Church. The first known church dates back to about the year 1600. It was an old stave church that existed until around 1702. In 1702 the second church was completed. It was a large church was a tower in the middle of the roof. That church was painted red and had a tile roof. The current church was completed in 1868 and the altarpiece from the 1702 church is used in the present church.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ranes kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  2. ↑ "Ranes Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Surnadal kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-04-19.



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