Gimmestad Church

Gimmestad Church (Norwegian: Gimmestad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørstranda, right along the shore of the Gloppefjorden. It is the church for the Gimmestad parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1910 by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 315 people.[1][2] The church was consecrated on 19 December 1910 and it replaced the Old Gimmestad Church as the main church for the parish. The old church is located about 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) west of the new church.[3]

Gimmestad Church
Gimmestad kyrkje
View of the church
Gimmestad Church
Location of the church
Gimmestad Church
Gimmestad Church (Norway)
61.7715°N 6.1566°E / 61.7715; 6.1566
LocationGloppen Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated19 Dec 1910
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1910
Specifications
Capacity315
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishGimmestad
DeaneryNordfjord prosti
DioceseBjørgvin

See also

References
  1. "Gimmestad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
  3. "Gimmestad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). NRK Fylkesleksikon. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
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