St John's Church, Bergen

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St. John's Church
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St John's Church, Bergen
60°23′19″N5°19′10″E / 60.38852681319°N 5.3193440437644°E / 60.38852681319; 5.3193440437644
Location Bergen, Vestland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1885
Consecrated 15 March 1894
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Herman Major Backer
Adolf Fischer
Hans Heinrich Jess
Architectural type Cruciform
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1888
Completed1894(130 years ago) (1894)
Specifications
Capacity1250
Height61 metres (200 ft)
Materials Brick
Administration
Diocese Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery Bergen domprosti
Parish Bergen domkirke
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID 84737

St. John's Church (Norwegian : Johanneskirken) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Sydnes area of the city of Bergen. It is one of the five churches for the Bergen Cathedral parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The red brick church was built in a cruciform design between 1891 and 1894 in the Gothic Revival style. The architect was Herman Backer. The church seats about 1250 people, making it the largest church in Bergen. [1] [2] It was consecrated on 15 March 1894. [3]

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History

On 1 January 1885, the new parish of St. John was created out of the large Bergen Cathedral parish. In 1888, an architectural contest was conducted for the design of a new church. It was built from drawings by the architect Herman Major Backer (1856–1932). On 27 November 1891, the cornerstone was laid. The building process was first led by architect Adolf Fischer and from 1891 by Hans Heinrich Jess. The church was consecrated on 15 March 1894. The frescoes in the Church's ceiling date from 1924 and were completed by Hugo Lous Mohr (1889–1970). [4] [5] [6] [7]

The organ was built by Schlag & Söhne of Württemberg, Germany. It was modernized by Josef Hilmar Jørgensen of Oslo in 1967. The altarpiece depicts Christ in prayer and was designed in 1894 by Marcus Grønvold. The church tower is the highest in the city at 61 metres (200 ft). The main tower has four stair towers and a carillon. It was designed by Verein Bochum in Bochum, Westphalia. [5] [8]

The church was a parish church for the St. John's parish in central Bergen from 1894 until 2002. In 2002, several urban parishes in central Bergen were merged to form the Bergen Cathedral parish (Norwegian : Bergen domprosti menighet), which includes five main churches. [9]

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