Hundvåg Church () is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located on the island of Hundvåg in the borough of Hundvåg in the northeastern part of the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Hundvåg

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which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-

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) in the

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. The red brick church was built in a

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design in 1983 using designs by the

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s Knut and Ingeborg Hoem. The church seats about 540 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1300, but it was likely built in the mid-1100s. The first church on Hundvåg island was built at Austbø, about east of the present site of the church. The church was probably a small Romanesque stone church. The church was no longer regularly used after the mid-1600s and from then on, the islanders had to travel to the nearby

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on the mainland. By 1745, the church had become a ruin. In the 19th century, the stones from the old church were used to help restore the nearby

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, and at that time, the foundation was leveled and all traces of the old church were gone. Over 100 years later, a new church was built on the island at a more central location, about to the west of the old church site.

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History

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