Borre Church | |
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Borre kirke | |
59°22′56″N 10°27′35″E / 59.38234385°N 10.4598448°E | |
Location | Horten Municipality, Vestfold |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 1100 |
Consecrated | c. 1100 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | c. 1100 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 300 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Tunsberg |
Deanery | Nord-Jarlsberg prosti |
Parish | Borre |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 75510 |
Borre Church (Norwegian: Borre kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borre. It is one of the churches for the Borre parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1100 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]