Imsland Church

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]

Imsland Church
Imsland kyrkje
View of the church
59.477218°N 5.98868°E / 59.477218; 5.98868
LocationVindafjord Municipality,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
FoundedMiddle ages
Consecrated1861
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Linstow
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1861 (1861)
Specifications
Capacity260
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishImsland
DeaneryHaugaland prosti
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID84715

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

  1. "Imsland kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. "Imsland kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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