Location Voss, Hordaland Denomination Church of Norway Former name(s) Uppheim kyrkje Opened 1871 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Capacity 250 | |
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Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Evanger Church, Vinje Church, Nesheim Church, Voss Church, Bergsdalen Church | ||
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.
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.