Hemnes Church
{{short description|Church in Nordland, Norway}}
{{Infobox church
|name = Hemnes Church
|fullname = Hemnes kirke
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|image = 84533 Hemnes kirke Nordland fra RA.jpg
|caption = View of the church
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|location = Hemnes Municipality, Nordland
|country = Norway
|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran
|denomination = Church of Norway
|diocese = Sør-Hålogaland
|deanery = Indre Helgeland prosti
|parish = Hemnes
|status = Parish church
|functional status = Active
|founded date = 15th century
|consecrated date = 1872
|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1872}}
|closed date =
|events =
|architect = Niels S.D. Eckhoff
|architectural type = Cruciform/Octagonal
|style =
|materials = Wood
|capacity = 800
|embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
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|Type = Church
|Status = Listed
|ID = 84544
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Hemnes Church ({{langx|no|Hemnes kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hemnesberget. It is the church for the Hemnes parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal-cruciform style in 1872 using plans drawn up by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 800 people.{{Cite web |title=Hemnes kirke, Hemnesberget |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/183200201 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2018-09-30}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-30}}
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was not new that year. The old church building was torn down and replaced in 1658 with a new log building. The church was a cruciform design with a steeple rising from the center. Nearly one hundred years later in 1742, the old church was replaced again. The 1742 church was demolished in 1872 and replaced with the present church building. The new church was built slightly to the south of where the previous church stood. There was a cemetery located on the church grounds for centuries, but it has not been used since 1886 when a new cemetery was established to the northeast of the church.{{Cite web |title=Hemnes kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84544 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-30}}
See also
References
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{{Churches in Indre Helgeland}}
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Category:Wooden churches in Norway
Category:Octagonal churches in Norway
Category:Cruciform churches in Norway
Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings