Tysnes Church
Tysnes Church (Norwegian: Tysnes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya. It is the church for the Tysnes parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1867 using designs by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 370 people.[1][2]
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| Tysnes kirke | |
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| Location | Tysnes, Vestland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 13th century |
| Consecrated | 4 Sept 1867 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Georg Andreas Bull |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1867 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 370 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Tysnes |
| Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
| Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Listed |
| ID | 177787 |
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it was not new at that time. The first church here was likely a stave church located at Tysnes. In 1685, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed church. It was built by Erik Fyllingsnes from Lindaas and Oluf Bysemb from Osterøy. In 1867, the church was torn down and replaced with a new wooden church, about 70 metres (230 ft) to the southwest of the old church site. In 1906, the church was disassembled and moved about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) to the southwest, across the bay to Gjerstad where it was rebuilt. It was moved here because it was closer to the main village. Since the old architectural designs of the church were lost, the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff was hired to design the newly rebuilt church. The building was consecrated on 27 September 1906. In 1977, the church was extensively remodeled, and then re-consecrated on 4 October 1977.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- "Tysnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Tysnes gamle kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- "Tysnes kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
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