Brekken Church

Brekken Church
Brekken kirke
View of the church
Brekken Church
Location of the church
Brekken Church
Brekken Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 62°38′50″N 11°52′20″E / 62.6473°N 11.8721°E / 62.6473; 11.8721
Location Røros, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 17 July 1878
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1878
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Brekken
Deanery Gauldal
Diocese Nidaros

Brekken Church (Norwegian: Brekken kirke) is a parish church in Røros municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Brekken, at the eastern end of the lake Aursunden. It is the church for the Brekken parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The gray, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1878 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan, and it was consecrated on 17 July 1878 by the Bishop Andreas Grimelund. The building can hold about 200 people.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brekken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Brekken kirke" (in Norwegian). Røros kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2018-01-15.


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