Stange Church

Coordinates: 60°42′35″N 11°08′09″E / 60.7097711478°N 11.135866641998°E / 60.7097711478; 11.135866641998
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Stange Church
Stange kirke
Hamar domprosti
ParishStange
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85547

Stange Church (

Hamar domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a partial cruciform design in the middle of the 13th century using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1225 when it was mentioned in the book

long church with a rectangular nave measuring about 21 by 15 metres (69 ft × 49 ft) and a smaller choir measuring about 11 by 9 metres (36 ft × 30 ft). A sacristy on the north side of the choir was built during the 14th century.[3][4]

On 17 July 1620, the church was struck by lightning and it burned the roof and most of the interior furnishings. Thus, the medieval interior was destroyed, and much of what we see today is a baroque interior from the 17th century and early 18th century. The church was rebuilt quickly after the fire and a small tower was built on the roof of the nave. In 1703, a large transept extension was added to the north of the nave so that the church has been given a kind of T-shape or a partial cruciform design. The new wing is referred as the New Church (Norwegian: Nykirken). In 1772, the tower was rebuilt with a much taller and larger tower. It is said to be Norway's tallest cantilevered wooden construction for that time period.[3][4]

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]

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References

  1. ^ "Stange kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Stange kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Stange kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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