Berg is a former parish and municipality which now forms part of

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municipality in

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county,

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. The rural municipality was (together with

Idd Idd is a parish and former municipality in Halden, Østfold county, Norway. The parish of ''Id'' was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality was (together with Berg) merged with the city o ...

) was merged with the city of

on 1 January 1967.

History

Berg was the main parish in a district which included Rokke and Halden until 1721. Halden subsequently became the main parish in the district. By a royal proclamation in 1769, Berg became the head of its own district with Rokke and Asak as annexes. The parish of Berg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see

formannskapsdistrikt () was the name of a Norwegian self-governing municipality. The name was used from the establishment these municipalities in 1838 until the name fell out of use in 1863. The municipalities had their legal basis from two laws enacted on 14 Jan ...

). The

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was built through Berg in 1879 and

Berg Station Berg Station () is a closed railway station on the Østfold Line located at Berg in Halden, Norway. It is situated from Oslo Central Station (Oslo S). Although disused as a passenger station, Berg still serves as a passing loop and a freight te ...

was opened to serve it.''Berg parish'' (Østfold kirkebøker parish records)
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The name

The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the farm Berg (

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''Berg''), since the first church was built on its ground. The name is identical with the word ''berg'' meaning 'rocky hill; mountain'.

Berg Church

Berg stone church (''Berg steinkirke'') dates from ca. 1100. The edifice is in Romanesque style and built of brick with natural stone in the corners. The medieval era building has an oblong nave and a smaller square choir. The pulpit is from 1592. In the nave hangs a painting of the

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and a copy of an epitaph on a plaque from 1601. The original is located at the

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. To the right of the choir hangs a tablet with figures of the

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dating from the 1600s. After a new church was built on the site in 1878, the old medieval church was partially demolished in 1882. The church was rebuilt in 1970.

Gallery

File:Berg kirke ved Halden.JPG, Berg steinkirke File:Bauta Berg kirke Halden 2012.JPG, Monument to John Hansen Sørbrøden and Peter Ulrik Magnus Hount File:Halden Berg kirke IMG 7414.JPG, Arched doorway File:Halden Berg kirke IMG 7392.JPG, Chapel File:Halden Berg kirke IMG 7420.JPG, Side window

References

External links

Historic pictures of Berg
Former municipalities of Norway Halden {{Østfold-geo-stub