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Flesberg Stave Church ( nn, Flesberg stavkyrkje) is a
Written sources mention the church the first time in 1359, but it was probably built in the latter half of the 1100s or the first half of the 1200s.
The church was originally a single nave church (''type B'') with four free-standing internal posts bearing a raised central roof, surrounded by an ambulatory or aisles on all four sides. It had a narrower chancel, also with a raised central roof, and a semicircular
Flesberg kirke portalen.jpg, Portal
Vestportalen.JPG, Portal detail
Flesberg kirke koret.jpg, Choir and pulpit
Lemviig Flesberg.JPG, Pulpit detail
Flesberg kirke skipet.jpg, Nave and organ
Lysekrone Flesberg.JPG, Chandelier
Flesberg stavkyrkje benkar.JPG, Designated benches with names and numbers
Flesberg stavkyrkje steingjerde.JPG, Surrounding slate fence
Flesberg stavkyrkje steingjerde2.JPG, Iron ring on slate
Flesberg stavkyrkje hestegard.JPG, Horse field
Flesberg Stave Church, Directorate for Cultural Heritage
– in Norwegian
– in Norwegian
Flesberg Stave Church in a video about churches in Numedal
– in English {{coord, 59.858, N, 9.425, E, display=title, source:dewiki 12th-century churches in Norway Churches in Viken Stave churches in Norway Churches completed in 1200
Flesberg Stave Church ( nn, Flesberg stavkyrkje) is a stave church
A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts a ...
located at Flesberg
Flesberg is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Numedal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lampeland.
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in Viken county
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, Norway
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History
Written sources mention the church the first time in 1359, but it was probably built in the latter half of the 1100s or the first half of the 1200s.
The church was originally a single nave church (''type B'') with four free-standing internal posts bearing a raised central roof, surrounded by an ambulatory or aisles on all four sides. It had a narrower chancel, also with a raised central roof, and a semicircular apse
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In ...
. It was surrounded by a gallery loosely connected to the plank walls.
In 1735, the chancel and apse, as well as the east wall of the nave, were removed. The nave was extended eastwards and two transepts were added, making a cruciform plan. The additions were built in horizontal log construction with notched corners. Portal planks are decorated with carved vines and animal ornamentation. Since few parts of the stave church are preserved, there are only scant remnants of its original decor. Of the original stave church, only three outer walls survived, as the internal posts and the raised roof were eliminated.
The churchyard is fenced with slate brought from Haukeli farm on the west bank of the Lågen River. Some slates have iron rings affixed; these rings were used to tether horses during service. Each farmer had a designated ring for his horse (the oldest dated ring from 1661). The idiosyncratic stone fence is shown on a 1701 painting (the oldest existing painting of a stave church).
The interior of the church is characterized by the reconstruction of 1735. There are a few remains of medieval furnishings. There is a decorated lion and a lionhead that also originates in the Middle Ages. Underneath the whitewashed walls, decorative paintings from the Middle Ages were uncovered.
Gallery
References
Related reading
* Leif Anker (2005) ''The Norwegian Stave Churches'' (Oslo: Arfo Forlag) * Roar Hauglid (1970) ''Norwegian Stave Churches'' (Oslo: Dreyers Forlag)External links
Flesberg Stave Church, Directorate for Cultural Heritage
– in Norwegian
– in Norwegian
Flesberg Stave Church in a video about churches in Numedal
– in English {{coord, 59.858, N, 9.425, E, display=title, source:dewiki 12th-century churches in Norway Churches in Viken Stave churches in Norway Churches completed in 1200