Rindal Church ( no, Rindal kyrkje) is a

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of the

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Rindal Municipality Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricu ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. It is located in the village of Rindal. It is one of the churches for the Rindal

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style in 1874 by the

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s Johan Martin Helgesen and

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. The church seats about 420 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1548, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Rindal was 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 ...

and it was located about north of the present church site. The church may have been first built during the 14th century. At some point, the church was enlarged by adding a

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to make it a

design. In 1649, one of the cross-arms of the transept was rebuilt and a new tower was built on the roof over the

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. In 1689, the old, medieval church was torn down and a new church was built on the same site. The new church was a log building with a

design. Despite being completed that year, the new church was not

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d until 1693. This new church inherited the

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and

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from the old stave church. Around 1870, it was found necessary to build a new church since the old one was small, cold, and in poor condition. Plans were made for the new building and a new site, about south of the old church site was chosen. The old church was torn down in 1873 and its materials were sold. Work began in the winter of 1872-1873. The new church was designed by Johan Martin Helgesen who had input from the national church architect,

. The lead builder was Ole Olsen Scheistrøen. The new building was completed on the new site in 1874 and it was

d on 2 December 1874. The church was restored in 1935 and again in 1990. In 2014, the tower caught fire, but it was extinguished before the rest of the building caught fire. Historically, the parish of Rindal was part of the

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(deanery) in the

Diocese of Møre The Diocese of Møre ( no, Møre bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Its bishop is seated at the Molde Cathedral which is located in the county administrative center ...

. On 1 January 2020, the parish of Rindal was transferred to the

(deanery) in the

. This transfer is a result of the municipality of

Rindal Rindal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre is the village of Rindal. Other villages in the municipality include Tiset and Romundstad. The municipality centres on agricult ...

being transferred from

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county to

county on 1 January 2019.

References

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History

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