Geitastrand Church

Geitastrand Church
Geitastrand kirke
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Geitastrand Church
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Geitastrand Church
Geitastrand Church (Norway)
63°21′54″N 9°55′31″E / 63.3650°N 09.9254°E / 63.3650; 09.9254Coordinates: 63°21′54″N 9°55′31″E / 63.3650°N 09.9254°E / 63.3650; 09.9254
Location Orkdal, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 3 Nov 1859
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1859
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Geitastrand
Deanery Orkdal
Diocese Nidaros

Geitastrand Church (Norwegian: Geitastrand kirke) is a parish church in Orkdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Geitastrand, on the shore of the Trondheimsfjorden, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the town of Orkanger. It is the church for the Geitastrand parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1859 using plans by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 250 people. The church was consecrated on 3 November 1859 by the local dean, Henning Junghaus Kaurin.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Geitastrand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Historien før 1859" (in Norwegian). Orkdalsmenighetene. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
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