Hedalen stave church
The Hedalen Stave Church (or Hedal Stave Church , Norwegian Hedalen stavkirke ) is a Norwegian stave church in the Hedal side valley of Sør-Aurdal in Valdres in Fylke Innlandet .
history
The church was first mentioned in a document in 1327, but it is probably older and therefore the oldest church in Valdres. The church was heavily rebuilt in 1699 and lost its original shape as a simple long church with a rectangular nave, narrower choir and apse with a flanking arcade. During the renovation work, the original choir was replaced by a new choir in block construction . A transept was built and the nave was extended to the east. The church was restored around 1900. Medieval buildings are now only a significant part of the ship structure and the arcade.
Architecture and equipment
The church has a richly carved west portal with leaf tendrils and animal motifs and an iron-studded door leaf. Most of the furnishings come from the time after the Reformation. There are few medieval objects, such as a reliquary with dragon heads on the gables and scene carvings from the life of Jesus Christ and the murder of Thomas Beckett . The furnishings include a Romanesque soapstone baptismal font and a model church from the 13th century.
See also
- The small open-air museum Bautahaugen Samlinger is located below the church
- List of stave churches
literature
- Yasuo Sakuma and Ola Storsletten: The stave churches of Norway, masterpieces of Nordic architecture , Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-86047-239-9
- Blindheim, Martin: Gothic Painted Wooden Sculpture in Norway 1220-1350 Oslo 2004, ISBN 82-7631-072-9
- Bugge Gunnar, Mezzanotte Bernadino: Stavkirker , Oslo 1994 p. 45, ISBN 82-504-2072-1
- Bernt C. Lange: Madonnaskap med kirkemodell som baldakinkroning , Fortidsminneforeningen årbok 1994 pp. 23–36
- Sagn and Soge i Søndre Ourdal; Hedalen kirke for 100 år siden , 2002, pp. 33–37
Web links
- Hedalen Stave Church on på stavkirke.info
- Miljøstatus in Norge: Hedalen stavkirke on miljostatus.no
- Local side om stavkirken
- Hedalen kirke on norgeskirker.no
- Hedalen stavkirke on Kirkesøk.no
- Hedalen stavkirke on kulturminnesok.no
Coordinates: 60 ° 37 ′ 20.8 ″ N , 9 ° 41 ′ 25.5 ″ E