Sandnessjøen Church
Sandnessjøen Church | |
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Sandnessjøen kirke | |
Nord-Helgeland prosti | |
Parish | Sandnessjøen |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85545 |
Sandnessjøen Church (
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1240 when the church was mentioned in the book
In 1767, the area of Leirfjord was added to the parish, so it was decided that the church site should be moved to Stamnæs, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northeast so that it would be more centrally located within the parish. So in 1768, a new cruciform church was completed at Stamnæs and the old church in Sandnæs was torn down. In 1774, there was a fire in the church that caused some damages and needed to be repaired.[3]
In 1882, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. Some of the materials from the old church were reused in the construction of the new building. The church was
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See also
References
- ^ "Sandnessjøen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Sandnes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Sandnessjøen" (in Norwegian). Kirken i Alstahaug. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "Stamnes kirkested - Sandnessjøen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 October 2018.