Brekken Church

Coordinates: 62°38′51″N 11°52′21″E / 62.647365909°N 11.872519254°E / 62.647365909; 11.872519254
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Brekken Church
Brekken kirke
Gauldal prosti
ParishBrekken
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID83950

Brekken Church (

long church style in 1878 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The building can hold about 200 people.[1][2]

History

The people of the Brekken area had been requesting their own chapel for some time. On 21 January 1873, a royal decree was issued that authorized the construction of a new chapel in Brekken.

consecrated on 17 July 1878 by the Bishop Andreas Grimelund. Later, the chapel was upgraded to being a full parish church.[3]

The

Jesus' baptism that was located in the Trinity Church in Kristiania.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brekken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Brekken kirke" (in Norwegian). Røros kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Brekken kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 June 2021.