Imsland Church
| Imsland Church | |
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| Imsland kyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
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| 59°28′38″N 5°59′19″E / 59.477218°N 5.98868°E / 59.477218; 5.98868 | |
| Location | Vindafjord Municipality, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | Middle Ages |
| Consecrated | 1861 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Hans Linstow |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1861 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 260 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Haugaland prosti |
| Parish | Imsland |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Protected |
| ID | 84715 |
Imsland Church (Norwegian: Imsland kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vindafjord Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Imslandsjøen. It is the church for the Imsland parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1861 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 260 people.[1][2]
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1620, but it was not new that year. The original church at Imsland was a stave church, located slightly to the southwest of the present church site. In the 1670s, the church had structural problems and started to collapse, so it was torn down and replaced by a small timber-framed church on the same site. In 1861, a new church was built about 7 metres (23 ft) to the northeast of the old church. The following year, the old church was torn down and its materials were sold at auction.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Imsland kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Imsland kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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