Vangen Church (Aurland)

Vangen Church
Vangen kyrkje

View of the church
Vangen Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Vangen Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
60°54′21″N 7°11′17″E / 60.9059°N 7.1880°E / 60.9059; 7.1880Coordinates: 60°54′21″N 7°11′17″E / 60.9059°N 7.1880°E / 60.9059; 7.1880
Location Aurland Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Unknown
Architectural type Gothic style
Completed 1202
Specifications
Capacity 270
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Vangen
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Vangen Church (Norwegian: Vangen kyrkje) is the main parish church in Aurland Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aurlandsvangen, at the end of the Aurlandsfjorden. The church is part of the Vangen parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church, which is in early Gothic style, was probably built in two stages in the 13th century. There is a foundation stone in the church on which the date 2 May 1202 is inscribed. The church was restored both in 1861-1862 and in 1926.[1][2]

Vangen church is the largest of the seven medieval stone churches in the county, leading it to be called the Sognedomen or Sogn Cathedral.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vangen kyrkje, Aurland". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Vangen kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-28.



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