Lom stave church
| Lom stavkyrkje Kyrkje Maria, Johan og Olav |
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 South elevation of the church |
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| Start of building: | 1158 |
| Style elements : | Stave church |
| Floor space: | 25 × 15 m |
| Space: | 350 people |
| Location: | 61 ° 50 '21 " N , 8 ° 33' 59" E |
| Purpose: | Protestant service |
| Local community: | Lom |
The Lom Stave Church is built in the 12th century stave church in the Norwegian province Innlandet . The church is about sixty kilometers west of Otta in a side valley of the Gudbrandsdals in the municipality of Lom (Norway) . It is consecrated to Mary , John the Baptist and St. Olav . It is one of the largest preserved stave churches.
history
It was first mentioned in writing in 1270. Investigations of the oldest surviving pine wood parts have shown that construction began around 1158. It was a basilica-style stave church with a rectangular floor plan and a surrounding low arcade (Svalgang). Structural changes were made after the Reformation , in Norway dated around 1537. The choir received a richly decorated ceiling 1608 and the same time you also decorated the entrance to the choir room. In 1634 a wooden extension was added on the west side after the arcade had been removed. In 1663, aisle extensions with upright woodwork followed to the north and south. So the church got a cross-shaped floor plan. In 1664 the bell tower was built, for which reinforcements were required in the base body. To hide them from view, the ceiling had to be lowered. Three bronze bells were hung.
In 1933 the entire structure was extensively renovated.
architecture
The church building is a long church, the nave and choir have a raised central space. The ship and choir were built at the same time and show the typical stick technique with wooden high columns and wall planks. These components were originally painted in color, but this is no longer preserved. The roof of the main nave is stiffened with tongs , St. Andrew's crosses and Romanesque arches , which together form a surrounding border.
The roof is equipped with wooden shingles covered and has a roof turret . The roof edges were provided with large carved dragon heads.
The entire wooden structure is protected from the elements by an external tar coating .
Interior
Extensive carvings decorate the interior, with leaves, flowers and animals, especially dragons, as motifs. The chancel, which is painted in full color, is particularly striking. The altarpiece was made with the help of a donation from the population and hung in 1669. On the side of the cloister is a pulpit and on the other side a sexton's chair . The original renaissance style pulpit is only partially preserved. In the same year, the local artist Jakob Sæterdalen decorated it with new acanthus carvings . He also re-carved the choir arch. The pews , windows and galleries date from the end of the 17th century. In the central nave hang chandeliers and a historical flag, the motif of which depicts the irrigation of the surrounding fields. The numerous paintings in Lom Church are most likely by the pastor's son Eggert Munch from Vågåmo . They are considered to be an important Norwegian collection of church paintings. A monetary donation from citizens who emigrated to the USA was used to buy an organ , which was inaugurated here in 1909 and shows a beautifully carved organ prospectus. It has been powered electrically since 1960. In 1966 it had to be largely redesigned, but the carved prospectus was used again.
See also
literature
- Roar Hauglid : Norwegian stave churches . Dreyer Verlag, Oslo (Norway) 1977, ISBN 82-09-00938-9 . (German translation; Norwegian original title: Norske stavkirker )
- Erich Burger: Norwegian stave churches. History, construction, jewelry . DuMont, Cologne 1978 (= DuMont-Kunst-Taschenbücher; 69), ISBN 3-7701-1080-3 .
- Yasuo Sakuma, Ola Storsletten: The stave churches of Norway. Masterpieces of Nordic architecture . Licensed edition, Bechtermünz-Verlag, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-86047-239-9 . (German translation)
