:Varberg Church
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Varberg Church (Swedish: Varbergs kyrka) is situated at the marketplace in Varberg, Halland County, Sweden. The church was completed in 1772, as a replacement of an elder church from 1687 that was destroyed in a fire on 18 May 1767.
File:Varbergs kyrka 2011 b.jpg
The interior of the church is neoclassical. Mostly of it is from the 19th century. The retable is from 1816. The pulpit was set in during a restoration of the church in 1890–1891. The wooden baptismal font has seven edges. It was made from oak in the 17th century. It comes from an elder church that was destroyed in a fire on 12 August 1666. At this time, the city of Varberg was situated in an area called Platsarna. The city was moved to its current location after the fire in 1666.
A sacristy was built to the north in 1961.
It is the parish church of Varberg Parish, and the eldest and biggest one of the four churches in the parish.
References
- {{cite web |url=http://www.varbergsforsamling.se/kort_historik |title=Församlingens historia i korthet |publisher=Varberg Parish |accessdate=29 January 2010}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/cocoon/bbr/byggnad_formatted_property.html?propertyId=21000003289248&baseObjectId=21000000348850&baseObjectType=historik&rubrik=Historik&menu1=Byggnad&menu2=Historik |title=VARBERG KYRKAN 1 - husnr 1 : Historik |accessdate=27 October 2009 |publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board}}
External links
{{Commons category|Varbergs kyrka|Varberg Church}}
- [http://www.varbergsforsamling.se/ Varberg Parish] {{in lang|sv}}
Category:Buildings and structures in Varberg
Category:Churches completed in 1772
Category:18th-century Church of Sweden church buildings
Category:Churches in Halland County
Category:Churches in the Diocese of Gothenburg
Category:1772 establishments in Sweden
Category:18th-century establishments in Halland County
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