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Austrheim Church

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Location
  
Austrheim, Hordaland

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Consecrated
  
2 April 1865

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Status
  
Parish church

Austrheim Church

Austrheim Church (Norwegian: Austrheim kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Austrheim. The church is part of the Austrheim parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1865 by the architect Askild Åse. The church was consecrated on 2 April 1865 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The church seats about 450 people. Austrheim Church has a long history. There was a medieval stave church, mentioned in historical records in 1360. That old church was replaced by a log church in 1659. On 16 November 1710, the church was damaged by lightning. The log church was demolished in 1865 to make room for a new church which still stands today.

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Austrheim Church Wikipedia