Heggvik Church

Heggvik Church / Stjørna Church
Heggvik kirke / Stjørna kirke
View of the church
Heggvik Church / Stjørna Church
Location of the church
Heggvik Church / Stjørna Church
Heggvik Church / Stjørna Church (Norway)
63°44′18″N 9°52′44″E / 63.7384°N 09.8788°E / 63.7384; 09.8788Coordinates: 63°44′18″N 9°52′44″E / 63.7384°N 09.8788°E / 63.7384; 09.8788
Location Bjugn, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1858
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Bjugn
Deanery Fosen
Diocese Nidaros

Heggvik Church or Stjørna Church (Norwegian: Heggvik kirke / Sjørna kirke) is a parish church in Bjugn municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Stjørnfjorden in the village of Høybakken, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of the village of Botngård. It is one of the churches for the Bjugn parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1858 based upon designs by architect Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801–1865). The church seats about 300 people.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hegvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Bjugn kirkelige fellesråd" (in Norwegian). Den norske kirke. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
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