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ORRE CHURCH Latitude and Longitude:

58°42′56″N 5°33′52″E / 58.715485°N 05.564353°E / 58.715485; 05.564353
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Orre Church
Orre kyrkje
View of the church
58°42′56″N 5°33′52″E / 58.715485°N 05.564353°E / 58.715485; 05.564353
Location Klepp Municipality,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1950
Consecrated28 May 1950
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Gustav Helland and
Endre Årreberg
Architectural type Long church
Completed1950 (74 years ago) (1950)
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsStone
Administration
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery Jæren prosti
ParishOrre
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID 85238

Orre Church ( Norwegian: Orre kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Klepp Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Pollestad. It is the main church for the Orre parish which is part of the Jæren prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The gray, stone church was built in a long church style in 1950 using designs by the architects Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg. The church seats about 250 people. [1] [2]

History

The church was built to replace the centuries-old Old Orre Church located in the nearby village of Orre. [3] This church was consecrated on 28 May 1950 by the Bishop Karl Martinussen.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Orre kirke, Pollestad". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Orre kirkested / Orre kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2020.