Hyen Church
| Hyen Church | |
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| Hyen kyrkje | |
Nordfjord prosti | |
| Parish | Hyen |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Not protected |
| ID | 84684 |
Hyen Church (
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1308, but it was not new at that time. The first church was likely a wooden stave church that was likely built in the 13th century. This church was located at the village of Hope, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the present location at Straume. Sometime around the mid-1300s, around the time of the Black Death in this region, the church was closed down and no longer used. Eventually the church was torn down. Parishioners living in the Hyen area were forced to make the long, arduous journey by boat to the Vereide Church. For about 500 years, there was no church in Hyen.[3][4][5]
In the early 1800s, residents of the Hyen area tried very hard to get a local church for themselves once again. After many years of pushing the government officials to allow a new church to be built. Finally, in 1875, the church was finally approved, but it was to be built in Straume, at the head of the
See also
References
- ^ "Hyen kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Hope kyrkjestad / Hyen stavkirke 1" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ a b Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Hyen kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Hyen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Hyen kyrkjestad / Hyen kyrkje 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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