Oppheim Church

Oppheim Church
Oppheim kyrkje
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Oppheim Church Location in Hordaland county Oppheim Church Location in Hordaland county
60°47′34″N 6°34′31″E / 60.79278°N 6.57528°ECoordinates: 60°47′34″N 6°34′31″E / 60.79278°N 6.57528°E
Location	Voss, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Uppheim kyrkje
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Ole Vangberg
Completed	1871
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Oppheim
Deanery	Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Oppheim Church (Norwegian: Oppheim kyrkje) is a parish church in Voss municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Oppheim, located on the northern shore of the lake Oppheimsvatnet. The church is part of the Oppheim parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1871 by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church seats about 250 people.^[1][2]

History

There have been three church buildings at Oppheim over the centuries. The first one was built during the middle ages, sometime before 1329. That church was probably a stave church. Little is known about that church and it was torn down in the 1670s and replaced by a log church that was completed in 1676. The present church was built in 1871 and consecrated on 4 October 1871 by the local Dean Irgens.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Hordaland

References

1. "Oppheim kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
3. "Oppheim Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2014-05-19.