Leikanger Church (Norwegian: Leikanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leikong on the eastern coast of the island of Gurskøya. It is the church for the Leikanger parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1806 by an unknown architect and it was disassembled and moved to this site in 1872. The church seats about 380 people.
Leikanger kyrkje, Herøy (Kirke) [no]
Other languages: Leikanger kyrkje, Herøy (norwegian bokmål)
Description
Trekirke oppført i 1806. [no]
Dataset owner
Hovedorganisasjonen KA [no] owns the information on this page
License
Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-Ingen bearbeidelse (CC BY-NC-ND) [no]
applies to the information on this page
Last changed
13/06/2024 14:25:28
Name
Leikanger kyrkje, Herøy
Norwegian bokmål
Description
Trekirke oppført i 1806.
Norwegian bokmål
Trekyrkje oppført i 1806.
Wikipedia (via Wikidata)
Time
Construction element
Heritage designation
Located at
Herøy MR (Kommune) [no], Leikong 6, 6080 [no], Leikanger sokn (08020602), Søre Sunnmøre prosti, Møre bispedømme [no]
Leikanger (Gard) [no], 1515-79/17 [no],
Geodata
62.249352, 5.781562, - WGS 84 (EPSG:4326)
Events
Bygget [no]
1806
Consecration
1807
Godkjent [no]
1871
Same As (URL)
See also
Legal status
Web reference
Bygningskode Kirkebyggdatabasen 2004
151500101
Bygningsid Kirkebyggdatabasen 2008
1338
Kulturminneid, Riksantikvaren
84923-1
Bygningsnummer Matrikkelen
179396378
Gnr Bnr
1515-79/17
DigitaltMuseum
0212214271172
Work in progress...