Väte Church
| Väte Church | |
|---|---|
Väte kyrka | |
 Väte Church, view of the exterior | |
  Väte Church Location on Gotland | |
| 57°26′57″N 18°21′51″E / 57.44906°N 18.36403°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Denomination | Church of Sweden |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Visby |
Väte Church (Swedish: Väte kyrka) is a medieval Lutheran church in Väte on the Swedish island of Gotland. It is in the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden.[1]
History and architecture
Väte Church was built during the 14th century. The choir and sacristy are the oldest parts of the church, from circa 1300, while the nave dates from the middle of the 14th century. A tower was planned but never built. The presently visible church probably replaced an earlier, Romanesque church, of which several remains have been incorporated with the presently visible, mostly Gothic church. No major alterations have been made to Väte Church since the Middle Ages. The church spire was constructed in 1914.[2]
The church is built of
The church has undergone restorative works three times during the 20th century: in 1927–28, in 1956 was under the direction of architect Nils Arne Rosén (1920–1998) and the work in 1965 under architect Olle Karth (1905–1965).[3][4]
References
- ^ "Väte kyrka". guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Väte kyrka". www.gotland.se (in Swedish). Region Gotland. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Nils Arne Rosén, arkitekt". Vem är Vem? Norrland, supplement, register 1968. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ^ "Karth, Olle (1905 - 1965)". kulturnav.org. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
Further reading
- Edle, Alfred (1942). Väte kyrka (in: Kyrkor i Hedje setting). Sveriges kyrkor, konsthistoriskt inventarium (in Swedish). Vol. 54. Stockholm: Generalstabens Litografiska Anstalts Förlag. pp. 272–315. ISSN 0284-1894.
External links
Media related to Väte kyrka at Wikimedia Commons- Official site (in Swedish)
