Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Opened 1902 Status Parish church | Denomination Church of Norway Consecrated 1797 Address 6300 Åndalsnes, Norway Capacity 120 Diocese Diocese of Møre | |
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Location Rauma Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal Similar Ås Arbeidskirke, Riska Church, Berle Church, Grytten Church, Øverdalen Church | ||
Kors Church (Norwegian: Kors kyrkje) is a parish church in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Marstein in the central part of the Romsdalen valley. The church is part of the Kors parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre.
History
The earliest known church in the Romsdalen valley is described as early as in 1498 when the church was located at Flatmark in the central Romsdalen valley. Here they built a new church in 1660 to replace the older one. This church was torn down in 1797, and the present wooden cruciform church was built. The church has served the residents of the inner Romsdalen valley for centuries. After a long-standing controversy about the location of the future church, it was decided by a Royal Decree on 23 March 1901 that the Øverdalen Chapel would be built to serve the southern part of the valley. Moreover, the Kors Church would be moved farther to the northeast and it would serve the central part of the valley. So, in 1907, the church was moved and rebuilt about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) down the valley to Marstein where it is now located.