Brekke Church

Brekke Church
Brekke kyrkje
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Brekke Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Brekke Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°01′09″N 5°27′36″E / 61.0193°N 5.4601°ECoordinates: 61°01′09″N 5°27′36″E / 61.0193°N 5.4601°E
Location	Gulen Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed	1862
Specifications
Capacity	390
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Brekke
Deanery	Nordhordland prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Brekke Church (Norwegian: Brekke kyrkje) is a parish church in Gulen Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Brekke. The church is part of the Brekke parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 390 seats, was consecrated on 19 November 1862 by the local Dean Thomas Erichsen. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the church, which is the third church on the site.^[1][2][3]

History

In the Middle Ages, a stave church was located on the Haugland farm (just south of the village of Brekke). This church was first mentioned in historical records in 1327. In 1590, the church was moved to the village of Brekke, just up the hill from the shoreline. This was the first church that bore the name Brekke Church. In 1686, the wooden church was probably located exactly where the present church is located. That building was referred to as a log building with tower. It was described as in poor condition and uneven. The church had only room for 130 people and it was less than half of what the law required. The Church Act of 1851, instructed the local authorities to ensure that the churches should have room for at least 10% of the population of the parish. This (eventually) led to the old church being torn down and replaced by the present church building in 1862.^[4]

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Brekke kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
3. "Brekke kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
4. Aaraas, Margrethe Henden; Dupedal, Torkjell; Vengen, Sigurd; Førsund, Finn Borgen (2000). På kyrkjeferd i Sogn og Fjordane. 2. Førde: Sogn. ISBN 8291722145.