Kornstad Church

Kornstad Church
Kornstad kyrkje

View of the church
Kornstad Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Kornstad Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°57′54″N 7°27′24″E / 62.9649°N 7.4566°E / 62.9649; 7.4566Coordinates: 62°57′54″N 7°27′24″E / 62.9649°N 7.4566°E / 62.9649; 7.4566
Location Averøy Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Completed 1871
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kornstad
Deanery Ytre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Kornstad Church (Norwegian: Kornstad kyrkje) is a parish church in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kornstad on the western coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjorden. The church is part of the Kornstad parish in the Ytre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1871 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 350 people.[1]

History

The first church at Kornstad was built before 17 June 1386 when the State Archives in Trondheim says there was a mass held at Kornstad Church. That church existed for a long time and was probably the one that was torn down in 1871 when the present church was built. There may have been a second church built at some point in between the first church and the present church, but that is not definitively known. The present church was built in 1871 and many items from the old church were saved and re-used in the present church. Some of those items include the church bells and the two altar candlesticks.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kornstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Kornstad Kirke" (in Norwegian). Averøy Kirkelige Fellesråd.



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