Breim Church | |
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Breim kyrkje | |
61°44′01″N 6°24′29″E / 61.7336000366°N 6.4079906208°E | |
Location | Gloppen Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 9 July 1886 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Haakon Thorsen |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1886 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Nordfjord prosti |
Parish | NAME |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 83947 |
Breim Church (Norwegian: Breim kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Re on the shore of the lake Breimsvatnet. It is the church for the Breim parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1886 by the architect Haakon Thorsen. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]