Høyland Church

Høyland Church
Høyland kirke

View of the church
Høyland Church
Location in Rogaland county
Høyland Church
Location in Rogaland county
58°49′51″N 5°45′03″E / 58.8309°N 5.7507°E / 58.8309; 5.7507Coordinates: 58°49′51″N 5°45′03″E / 58.8309°N 5.7507°E / 58.8309; 5.7507
Location Sandnes, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 22 August 1841
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Linstow
Completed 1841
Specifications
Capacity 650
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Høyland
Deanery Sandnes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Høyland Church (Norwegian: Høyland kirke) is a parish church in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Austrått in the city of Sandnes. The church is part of the Høyland parish in the Sandnes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in 1841 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church, which seats about 650 people, was consecrated on 22 August 1841.[1][2]

History

There has been a church on this site since the 1300s. It was originally called Gond Church. There have been at least three churches on this site. A medieval church was first, then a wooden church was built in 1664 and demolished in 1840, and then the present church from 1841.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Høyland kirke, Sandnes". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-04-05.



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