Honningsvåg Church
The Church of Honningsvåg is a church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in the city of Honningsvåg , capital of the municipality Nordkapp . It is located in downtown Honningsvåg on Kirkgata .
Architecture and history
The region's original church in Kjelvik was destroyed in a hurricane in 1882. A new church should be built in a more accessible location. Sarnes and Honningsvåg were among the shortlisted, the latter location being chosen because of its port and the more convenient location.
A project by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan initially envisaged a long nave with 210 seats. However, the local council preferred a larger church with 400 seats because of the approximately 800 foreign fishermen who visited the community seasonally. Ultimately, it was decided to build a single-nave church with 255 seats in the neo-Gothic style . Ditlev Gunnerus Evjen worked as a builder . The inauguration took place on October 22nd, 1885 by Provost Balke from Karasjok . The cemetery was inaugurated in 1910 and expanded in 1930.
A large part of the church's inventory is based on foundations from the local Bible Society. He also donated the altarpiece erected in 1913 by Conrad Valenius . It shows the salvation of the sinking Peter ( Mt 14.30 EU ).
During the Second World War , as part of the Nordlicht company , the German side also enforced the forced evacuation of the population and the complete destruction of Honningsvåg between November 13 and December 23, 1944 against the backdrop of the scorched earth policy . The church and the cemetery chapel were the only buildings in the town to be spared, making the church the oldest building in town. Pastor Ola Røkke , who worked in 1943/44 , campaigned for the church to be spared. The religiously minded German local commandant Hebsacker ultimately resisted the destruction order and ordered that the church be spared.
The first returnees in June 1945 found only the church of Honningsvåg undamaged. It served as the first accommodation from June 12, 1945, initially for five, then more people. Sleeping places were set up both in the nave and in the attic. It was also used as a makeshift kitchen, workshop and warehouse. A bakery was also set up. After the first barracks had been built, the church first served as a dining room for the construction workers, and then from Christmas 1945 onwards again for its actual purpose.
In 1953, the building stone Honningsvåg was built in front of the church to commemorate the dead of the community during the Second World War. In 1978/79 the church was restored. For the 100th anniversary of the church, the Norwegian King Olav V gave the congregation two crystal candlesticks.
Web links
- The church of Honningsvåg on www.visitnorway.de
- Svein Askheim, Honningsvåg kirke in the norske leksikon store
- Entry in kulturminnesok.no (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Svein Askheim, Honningsvåg kirke in Store norske leksikon
- ↑ kystmuseene.no , different spelling Hebsacher
- ↑ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Ice Sea -, publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , pages 34 and 46
Coordinates: 70 ° 58 ′ 40.7 " N , 25 ° 58 ′ 45.2" E