Sande Church (Gaular)
| Sande Church | |
|---|---|
| Sande kyrkje | |
Sunnfjord prosti | |
| Parish | Gaular |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Not protected |
| ID | 85382 |
Sande Church (
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but it was not new at that time. The first church building in Sande was likely a wooden
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]
In 1861, there were two small landslides that came down off the mountain just north of the church. Both landslides were stopped by the rock walls on the border of the
See also
References
- ^ "Sande kyrkje, Gaular". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Sande kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Sande kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Sande kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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