Granvin Church

Granvin Church
Granvin kyrkje
View of the church
60°33′19″N6°43′51″E / 60.55528871253°N 6.73088014125°E / 60.55528871253; 6.73088014125
Location	Voss, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	13th century
Consecrated	1726
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1726(298 years ago) (1726)
Specifications
Capacity	350
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery	Hardanger og Voss prosti
Parish	Granvin
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84408

Granvin Church (Norwegian : Granvin kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the Granvinsvatnet in the small farm area called "Granvin". This place located a few kilometers north of the village of Granvin. It is the church for the Granvin parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1726 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 350 people. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1306, but it was not built that year. The first church was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. There were covered corridors surrounding the whole stave church. In 1690–1692, the nave was extended to the west and a new tower was constructed on the west end of the newly enlarged nave. The new construction was a timber-framed building attached to the medieval stave construction. Then in 1703, the choir was also extended to the east by 5 metres (16 ft). In 1726, the church was sold to two private landowners Kristoffer Aamundsen Ødven and Sivert Gundersen. At the time of the sale, the 14.5-by-6.9-metre (48 ft × 23 ft) building was described as "very rundown". Shortly thereafter, the church was torn down and replaced by a new timber-framed long church building. The new church was about 1/3rd larger in both width and length, measuring 22.5 by 8.7 metres (74 ft × 29 ft). In 1853–1855, the church was renovated to the layout of the present-day church. The church was sold to the parish in 1857. In 1911, the church was renovated again. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

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See also

• List of churches in Bjørgvin

References

1. "Granvin kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
4. "Granvin kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage . Retrieved 25 May 2020.
5. Hoff, Anne Marte; Storsletten, Ola. "Granvin kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
6. "Granvin kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 October 2021.