Bremsnes Church
| Bremsnes Church | |
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| Bremsnes kyrkje | |
Ytre Nordmøre prosti | |
| Parish | Bremsnes |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 83953 |
Bremsnes Church (
History
Bremsnes has been a church site for centuries. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1533, but it was likely built in the 14th century. The church was a
In 1770, Bremsnes Church burned down, likely from a lightning strike. Since the church was used by people from the nearby town of
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[6][7] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[6][8]
See also
References
- ^ "Bremsnes kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Bremsnes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ "Bremsnes Kirke" (in Norwegian). Averøy Kirkelege Fellesråd. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Bremsnes kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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