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Bragernes Church

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Location
  
Drammen, Buskerud

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Functional status
  
Active

Capacity
  
1,000

Status
  
Parish church

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Opened
  
1871

Phone
  
+47 32 98 91 80

Diocese
  
Diocese of Tunsberg

Bragernes Church

Website
  
www.drammen.kirken.no/bragernes/

Address
  
Cappelens gate 9, 3016 Drammen, Norway

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Gulskogen Manor, Strømsø kirke, Drammen, Drammen Museum of Art and C, Marienlyst Stadion

Bragernes church


Bragernes Church (Bragernes Kirke) is a parish church in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway. It was designed by Ernst Norgrenn in Neo Gothic style and consecrated in 1871. The old Bragernes church, built in 1708, was west of Bragernes square. It burned down in 1866.

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Bragernes church is located at the end of Church Street north of Bragernes square in the center of Drammen. Bragernes Cemetery is west of the church. The tower is 64 metres (210 ft) tall. The altarpiece, Resurrection was painted by Adolph Tidemand. It was copied in many Norwegian churches. The church organ has 38 votes and was built in the romantic style of the Danish organ builder Carsten Lund.

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References

Bragernes Church Wikipedia