Breim Church

Coordinates: 61°44′01″N 6°24′29″E / 61.7336000366°N 6.4079906208°E / 61.7336000366; 6.4079906208
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Breim Church
Breim kyrkje
Nordfjord prosti
ParishNAME
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID83947

Breim Church (

long church style in 1886 by the architect Haakon Thorsen. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1308, but it was not new at that time. The original church at Re was likely a wooden

long church with a 22-by-15-metre (72 ft × 49 ft) nave and a 8.1-by-6-metre (27 ft × 20 ft) choir.[3][4][5][6]

Media gallery

  • View of the old church (1667-1887)
    View of the old church (1667-1887)
  • View of the new church from the site of the old church (c. 1890)
    View of the new church from the site of the old church (c. 1890)
  • View of the present church (c. 1926)
    View of the present church (c. 1926)
  • View of the present church (2017)
    View of the present church (2017)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Breim kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Re kirkested - Breim gamle - Hetle" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Breim kyrkjestad / Breim kyrkje 4" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Breim kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. ^ Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Breim kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 28 August 2021.