Kvinnherad Church | |
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Kvinnherad kyrkje | |
59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.98979880238°N 6.0067368149429°E | |
Location | Kvinnherad, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 12th century |
Consecrated | c. 1275 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | c. 1275 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 380 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
Parish | Kvinnherad |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84867 |
Kvinnherad Church (Norwegian: Kvinnherad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rosendal. It is the church for the Rosendal parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in the mid-1200s using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 380 people.[1][2]