Hosanger Church

Hosanger Church
Hosanger kyrkje

View of the church
Hosanger Church
Location in Hordaland county
Hosanger Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°34′39″N 5°28′29″E / 60.5774°N 5.4747°E / 60.5774; 5.4747Coordinates: 60°34′39″N 5°28′29″E / 60.5774°N 5.4747°E / 60.5774; 5.4747
Location Osterøy, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1796
Specifications
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Osterøy
Deanery Arna og Åsane prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Hosanger Church (Norwegian: Hosanger kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hosanger on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in 1796.[1][2]

History

There has been a church at Hosanger since the Middle Ages. The first time Hosanger Church is mentioned in historical records is in 1329. That church was most probably a stave church. That church was replaced at some unknown time by a timber-framed church. A report from 1686 described as "very run down" because of poor exterior maintenance, which suggests that the church, at that time was already relatively old. At Christmas 1795, lightning struck the church and it burned down. A new stone church was built on the same site the following year. That stone church was renovated and enlarged from 1863–65 and again from 1962–64.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hosanger kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Hosanger kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Osterøy kyrkjeleg fellesråd. Retrieved 2014-04-25.



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