Vang Church (Hamar)

Coordinates: 60°48′09″N 11°07′57″E / 60.8024172878°N 11.1325696708°E / 60.8024172878; 11.1325696708
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Vang Church
Vang kirke
«Hedmarkskatedralen»
Hamar domprosti
ParishVang
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85759

Vang Church (

Hamar domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a octagonal design in 1810 using plans drawn up by the architect
Abraham Pihl. The church seats about 1,000 people.[1][2]

History

The first church in Vang was a

long church design was enlarged in 1675 when a wing was added on the north side of the nave. In 1693, another wing was built on the south side of the nave. Also that year, the old wooden church porch was torn down and replaced with a larger stone porch. Stone for the expansion of the church was partly taken from the Hamar Cathedral ruins.[3][4]

A few hours after the

consecrated until 30 November 1810.[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]

In 1877, the church was rebuilt under the direction of Paul Due. On that occasion, the east wall was knocked out and a new choir was added as an extension. The chancel opening was given a Gothic pointed arch, but it was later changed to a round arch. At the same time, a new tower and sacristy was built. In 1879, Eilif Peterssen painted a new altarpiece for the church, and it is still used in today's altarpiece.[4]

Media gallery

  • View of the church (c. 1830)
    View of the church (c. 1830)

See also

References

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

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