| Undredal Stave Church | |
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) Undredal stavkyrkje | |
)  Undredal Stave Church Location of the church ) Undredal Stave Church Undredal Stave Church (Norway) | |
| 60°57′03″N 7°06′09″E / 60.9509°N 7.1025°E | |
| Location | Aurland Municipality, Vestland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | c. 1147 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Stave church |
| Completed | c. 1147 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 40 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Undredal |
| Deanery | Sogn prosti |
| Diocese | Bjørgvin |
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site | |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85725 |
Undredal Stave Church (Norwegian: Undredal stavkyrkje) is a parish church in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Undredal, on the shore of the Aurlandsfjorden. It is the church for the Undredal parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a stave church style around the year 1147.[1][2]
The church is only 12 by 4 metres (39 by 13 ft) and has only 40 seats, making it the smallest stave church still in use in all of Scandinavia. The parish only includes one small, rather isolated valley, with only 116 parishioners, making it the second smallest parish in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[3]
History
Undredal Stave Church was built in the middle of the 12th century, probably the year 1147. The church has been moved from different locations and reconstructed a few times. Around 1850, the building was extended to the west with the addition of a belltower and porch. In 1913, there were plans to dismantle the church and move it to a museum in the village of Kaupanger (in Sogndal), but this never happened. Instead it was reconstructed in 1984 and underwent extensive maintenance work. Inside the church, the ceiling is decorated with biblical figures and angels.[4][5]
Media gallery
The altar
The nave
Front view
The spire
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See also
- List of churches in Bjørgvin
References
- ^ "Undredal stavkyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ Djupedal, Torkjell; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Undredal stavkyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
- ^ "Undredal". Stavkirke.info. Archived from the original on 2010-09-25.
- ^ "Undredal stavkyrkje" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
Other sources
- Anker, Leif (2005). The Norwegian Stave Churches. Oslo: Arfo Forlag. ISBN 978-8291399294.
External links
Media related to Undredal stavkirke at Wikimedia Commons- Undredal stave church in Stavkirke.org (in Norwegian)
- Undredal stavkyrkje
- Undredal stavkyrkje
- Undredal area
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