Hosanger Church

Hosanger Church (Norwegian: Hosanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Osterøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hosanger on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy. It is the church for the Hosanger parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a rectangular style in 1796 by the "leading men" of the parish. The church seats about 275 people.[1][2]

Hosanger Church
Hosanger kyrkje
View of the church
Hosanger Church
Location of the church
Hosanger Church
Hosanger Church (Norway)
60.5774°N 5.4747°E / 60.5774; 5.4747
LocationOsterøy Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Unknown
Architectural typeRectangular
Completed1796
Specifications
Capacity275
MaterialsStone
Administration
ParishHosanger
DeaneryÅsane prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84636

History

There has been a church at Hosanger since the Middle Ages. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it wasn't built that year. The first church at Hosanger was likely a stave church. That church was replaced at some unknown time by a timber-framed church. A report from 1686 described as "very run down" because of poor exterior maintenance, which suggests that the church, at that time was already relatively old. At Christmas 1795, lightning struck the church and it burned down. A new stone church was built on the same site the following year. That stone church was renovated and enlarged from 1863–65 and again from 1962–64.[3][4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. "Hosanger kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  3. "Hosanger kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Osterøy kyrkjeleg fellesråd. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  4. "Hosanger kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  5. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  6. "Hosanger kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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