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Follebu
Follebu is a village in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located along the river Gausa, about to the southeast of the village of Segalstad bru. The town of Lillehammer lies about to the southeast of Follebu. Follebu Church (''Follebu kirke'') is located just to the northwest of the village. It was built in a Gothic style of stone and brick between the years 1260 and 1300. The village has a population (2021) of 1,160 and a population density of . Name The Old Norse form of the name was ''Foldabu''. The first element is probably the genitive In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated ) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus indicating an attributive relationship of one noun to the other noun. A genitive can al ... pluralis of ''fold'' which means "meadow", "plain", or "open and flat land". The last element of the name is ''bú'' which means "rural district". The area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follebu Church
Follebu Church ( no, Follebu kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Follebu. It is the church for the Follebu parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1260 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 140 people. The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 2550 and Norwegian County Road 2530. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1341, but the church was not new that year. The church in Follebu is a stone church that was built from 1260 to 1300. It is a rectangular Gothic structure. Stone churches in the Oppland region were quite rare in the middle ages, but Gausdal had two stone churches built in the 13th century and both have survived to this day. The church is not huge, but the walls are very thick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
