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Kinn Church (Innlandet)
Kinn Church ( no, Kinn kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nordre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aust-Torpa. It is one of the churches for the Torpa parish which is part of the Hadeland og Land prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1956 using plans drawn up by the architect Wilhelm Swensen. The church seats about 140 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1337, but the church was not built that year. The first church here was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century on the same location as the present church. Around the year 1652, a new nave was built on the west end of the old church, the old nave became the new choir and the old choir became a sacristy. The old open-air corridors that surrounded the church were removed during this renovation. In 1663, the outside of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordre Land
Nordre Land is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Land. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dokka. Other villages in the municipality include Vest-Torpa, Nord-Torpa, Aust-Torpa, Fagerlund, and Nordsinni. The municipality is the 122nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Nordre Land is the 150th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 6,577. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 2.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information The old Land Municipality was established on 1 January 1838 after the formannskapsdistrikt law went into effect. This municipality was quite large and in less than a decade, the municipality was divided. In 1847, the old Land Municipality was divided into Nordre Land (population: 4,595) in the north and Søndre Land (population: 4,604) in the south. On 1 January 1868, a part of Søndr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
