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Kinsarvik Church
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Kinsarvik Church (Norwegian: Kinsarvik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kinsarvik. It is the church for the Kinsarvik parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The gray stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1160 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 240 people.[1][2]
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Kinsarvik kyrkje | |
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60°22′35″N 6°43′19″E | |
Location | Ullensvang, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 1050 |
Consecrated | c. 1160 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Romanesque |
Completed | c. 1160 (864 years ago) (1160) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 240 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Hardanger og Voss prosti |
Parish | Kinsarvik |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84775 |
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It is the oldest stone church in the whole Hardanger region, and at one time, it was one of the four main churches for all of the old Hordafylke county.