Lade Church ( no, Lade Kirke) is one of

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's oldest existing stone churches. It is a

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of the Church of Norway in

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municipality in

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county,

. It is located in the

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neighborhood in the

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, just southeast of Korsvika and east of Ladehammeren. It is the church for the Lade

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which is part of the

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(arch- deanery) in the

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. The white, plastered stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1160. The church seats about 160 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1293, but the church was built before that time. The first church was likely a wooden

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that was built in the 10th century. Soon after the church was replaced with a small stone church. The present church was likely built in the 12th century, making it one of

's oldest existing stone churches. Nobody knows exactly when it was built, but the initial construction probably began during the 1130s and it was completed around 1160. The building was designed in a Romanesque style. The

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measures about and the

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is . The church was located on the Lade estate which was a

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starting under

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. During the 17th century, the

was almost completely rebuilt, possibly finishing in 1694 since that number is carved into one of the nave walls. During the wars with Sweden (and again later during

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), the church was used as a food stock. The altarpiece dates back to 1709 when it was received as a gift from Ellen Rovert from the nearby Lade Gård estate. There is actually a swastika inscribed in a stone in the wall near the

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. In 1767, a wooden entry porch was added on the west end of the building. In 1800, a new tower was built atop the church roof. In 1814, this church served as an

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( no, valgkirke). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814

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which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each

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was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in

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later that year.

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LadeChurch1.jpg, Door to the church WLM2016 Lade kirke våpenhus.jpg, Entrance to the church WLM2016 Lade kirke fra øst.jpg, Back of the church LadeChurch3.jpg, Churchyard LadeChurch2.jpg, View of the back Trondheim - Lade Church.jpg, Cemetery 1536 Trondhjem, Lade Kirke - no-nb digifoto 20150622 00357 bldsa PK19197.jpg, Exterior view (c. 1925) 58 Trondhjem. Lærerhøiskolen og Lade Kirke - no-nb digifoto 20150622 00348 bldsa PK19248.jpg, Exterior view (c. 1925)

References

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History

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