Ranes Church

Ranes Church (Norwegian: Ranes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ranes, just east of the municipal centre of Skei. It is one of the two churches for the Øye og Ranes parish which is part of the Indre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1869 by the architect Schmedling from the town of Molde. The church seats about 420 people.[1][2]

Ranes Church
Ranes kyrkje
View of the church
Ranes Church
Location of the church
Ranes Church
Ranes Church (Norway)
62.9761°N 8.7720°E / 62.9761; 8.7720
LocationSurnadal Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Schmedling
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1869
Specifications
Capacity420
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishØye og Ranes
DeaneryIndre Nordmøre prosti
DioceseMøre

History

The earliest existing historical records of a church at Skei, just east of Ranes, date back to 1589, but at that time it contained articles dating back to the 1100s and 1200s, so it may have been quite old. At some point the church was moved about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the east to Ranes. This old stave church existed at Ranes until around 1702 when it was torn down. In 1702, a new church on the same site was completed. It was a large church was a tower in the middle of the roof. That church was painted red and had a tile roof. The current church was completed in 1869 after the old church was torn down. The altarpiece from the 1702 church is used in the present church.[3][4]

See also
  • List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References
  1. "Ranes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  3. "Ranes Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Surnadal kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  4. "Skei kirkested - Ranes gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
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