Old Stordal Church
| Old Stordal Church | |
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| Stordal gamle kyrkje | |
| Rosekyrkja | |
Nordre Sunnmøre prosti | |
| Parish | Stordal |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85579 |
Old Stordal Church (
Design
The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1789 to replace an earlier stave church on the site.
Interior
While the exterior is plain white, the interior (walls, columns, ceiling) is richly decorated. The style is 18th century renaissance. Along walls there are images of Biblical characters and events. The five "bad maidens" and five "god maidens" are depicted on the north wall, or the left hand side that was traditionally women's side. The message reads: "Do not be reckless like the bad maidens that lost their bridegroom and forgot their beatitude." David and Goliath and Samson and the lion are also on the north wall. The apostles are portrayed on the south wall, while the evangelists can be seen above the entrance to the choir.[3]
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but it wasn't new at that time. The first church in Stordal was a wooden stave church that may have been built in the 14th century. The church is listed in Aslak Bolt's cadastre and later records. Hans Strøm in 1766 described the old stave church: "It is a small and modest stave church, that is not particular in any way. The building is maintained by the congregation that also owns it."[5] The church was described as being rectangular and measuring 20.5 by 8.5 metres (67 ft × 28 ft). In 1788, the old stave church was torn down and replaced by a brand new church on the same site the following year. The church from 1789 is still standing, but it was taken out of use in 1907 when the new Stordal Church was built. In 1908, the old church was purchased by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments which has preserved it as a museum since that time.[6]
Gallery
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Group of visitors in the church -
Pulpit -
Altar, crucifix, baptismal font -
Marc and Luke, the evangelists -
The five "bad maidens", message below -
Ceiling, rope to church bells -
Model ship over nave -
Seats with name of owner -
Message on entrance door -
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View to north, entrance left hand -
Stone fence, east facade -
Tower
See also
References
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ "Stordal gamle kyrkje (Rosekyrkja)". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Ekroll, Øystein (2012). Sunnmørskyrkjene - historie, kunst og arkitektur (in Norwegian). Larsnes: Bla AS.
- ^ Strømsøy, Kenneth (16 July 2003). "Rosekyrkja" (PDF). Storfjordnytt (in Norwegian). Vol. 2003, no. 28. p. 2.
- ^ Strøm, Hans (1766). Physisk og Oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Søndmør, beliggende i Bergens Stift i Norge (in Norwegian). Kiøbenhavn. p. 220.
- ^ "Stordal kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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