Holmedal Church (Hordaland)

Holmedal Church
Holmedal kyrkje

View of the church
Holmedal Church
Location in Hordaland county
Holmedal Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°47′00″N 5°54′10″E / 59.7834°N 5.9027°E / 59.7834; 5.9027Coordinates: 59°47′00″N 5°54′10″E / 59.7834°N 5.9027°E / 59.7834; 5.9027
Location Kvinnherad, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1815
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Husnes og Holmedal
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Holmedal Church (Norwegian: Holmedal kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Utåker. The church is part of the Husnes og Holmedal parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]

History

There has been a church in Utåker since the Middle Ages. The church is first named in historical records in 1360 and at that time the church was not new. That church was a stave church. It was eventually torn down and the present white, wooden church was built in 1882. The church seats about 200 people.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Holmedal kyrkje, Kvinnherad". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-26.



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