Ramnes Church | |
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Ramnes kirke | |
59°20′47″N 10°15′17″E / 59.346427°N 10.25462°E | |
Location | Tønsberg Municipality, Vestfold |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 11th century |
Consecrated | 7 March (c. 1150) |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | c. 1150 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 234 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Tunsberg |
Deanery | Tønsberg domprosti |
Parish | Ramnes |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85265 |
Ramnes Church (Norwegian: Ramnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ramnes. It is the church for the Ramnes parish which is part of the Tønsberg domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 234 people.[1][2]