Meldal Church

Meldal Church (

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1310, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Meldal was likely built in the 13th century and it may have been an important county church since it had been built on the Grøtte farm in Meldal which was a

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).^[5][6] 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.^[5][7]

The church tower was rebuilt in 1838 and the new tower was somewhat shorter than the original. In 1908, the church was painted white on the outside, before it regained its original red color in a restoration led by

On 16 June 1981, the old church burned to the ground. It was decided to rebuild the church using the same design from 1651, rather than building a more modern building. The plans did call for a few alterations from the original, however. The new church is slightly larger than the original. Also, it is a concrete building that is clad in wood to make it look like the original. The new church was completed in 1988.[4]

See also

• List of churches in Nidaros

References