Breim Church
{{Infobox church
|name = Breim Church
|fullname = Breim kyrkje
|former name =
|image = 2012-07 Reed kirke.jpg
|caption = View of the church
|website =
|coordinates = {{coord|61.7336000366|6.4079906208|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
|location = Gloppen Municipality,
Vestland
|country = Norway
|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran
|denomination = Church of Norway
|diocese = Bjørgvin bispedømme
|deanery = Nordfjord prosti
|parish = NAME
|status = Parish church
|functional status = Active
|founded date = 13th century
|consecrated date = 9 July 1886
|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1886}}
|closed date =
|events =
|architect = Haakon Thorsen
|architectural type = Long church
|style =
|materials = Wood
|capacity = 500
|embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
|embed = yes
|Type = Church
|Status = Listed
|ID = 83947
}} }}
Breim Church ({{langx|no|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.{{Cite web |title=Breim kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/144500401 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2019-11-07}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-11-07}}
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1308, but it was not new at that time. The original church at Re was likely a wooden stave church located at Hetle, about {{convert|500|m}} northwest of the present church site. The first church here was likely built during the 13th century. In 1334, there was a fire in the church rectory. In 1620, the medieval church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed cruciform church. That building was poorly constructed, and it was replaced by a new cruciform church in 1667. In the 1880s, it was decided to tear down the old church so that a new, larger church could be built. It was also decided that the church should be moved a short distance to the southeast so that it would be more centrally located in the village. This new church was completed in 1886, the same year that the Breim parish was separated from Gloppen to become a separate municipality. The new church was consecrated on 9 July 1886 by Bishop Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef. The old church was torn down in 1887. The new church was a wooden long church with a {{convert|22x15|m|adj=on}} nave and a {{convert|8.1x6|m|adj=on}} choir.{{Cite web |title=Re kirkested - Breim gamle - Hetle |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=223531 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-11-07}}{{Cite web |title=Breim kyrkjestad / Breim kyrkje 4 |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=83947 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-11-07}}{{Cite web |title=Breim kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/sogn-og-fjordane/breim-kirke/ |access-date=2021-08-28 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |last=Henden Aaraas |first=Margrethe |last2=Vengen |first2=Sigurd |last3=Gjerde |first3=Anders |title=Breim kyrkje |url=https://leksikon.fylkesarkivet.no/article/eaf6e680-4a43-4b86-bac7-e3593ed85270/ |publisher=Fylkesarkivet |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2021-08-28}}
Media gallery
Breim gamle kirke NF.09200-002.jpg|View of the old church (1667-1887)
Breim kyrkje Lindahl.jpeg|View of the new church from the site of the old church (c. 1890)
Breim kyrkje Wilse.jpeg|View of the present church (c. 1926)
FV5734 Breim kirke.jpg|View of the present church (2017)
See also
References
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{{Churches in Nordfjord}}
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Category:Long churches in Norway
Category:Wooden churches in Norway
Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings