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Høre Stave Church
Church in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Høre Stave Church (Norwegian: Høre stavkyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvien. It is the church for the Høre parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design around the year 1179 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 170 people.[1][2]
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Høre Stave Church | |
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Høre stavkyrkje | |
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61°09′11″N 8°48′17″E | |
Location | Vang Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 11th century |
Consecrated | 1179 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1179 (845 years ago) (1179) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 170 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Deanery | Valdres prosti |
Parish | Høre |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84696 |
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