Reksteren Church

Reksteren Church
Reksteren kyrkje
View of the church
Reksteren Church
Location in Hordaland county
Reksteren Church
Reksteren Church (Norway)
60°02′25″N 5°26′03″E / 60.0403°N 5.4343°E / 60.0403; 5.4343Coordinates: 60°02′25″N 5°26′03″E / 60.0403°N 5.4343°E / 60.0403; 5.4343
Location Tysnes, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Torgeir Alvsaker
Completed 1937
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Reksteren og Uggdal
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Reksteren Church (Norwegian: Reksteren kirke) is a parish church in Tysnes municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Bruntveit on the island of Reksteren. The church is part of the "Reksteren og Uggdal" parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The gold-colored, wooden church was built in 1937 by the architect Torgeir Alvsaker. The church seats about 250 people. It was consecrated on 28 January 1937 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Reksteren kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-01-20.



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