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Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth
Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth (1817–1863) was a Danish-Norwegian architect. Stylistically, his architectural works range from late classicism to historicism . He was particularly interested in "Old Norse" ornamentation, which he produced in a number of his architectural drawings. In 1840 he completed his education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Shortly after leaving the Academy of Fine Arts, he moved to Trondheim, Norway, where he first worked as a bricklayer, and eventually joined forces with Theodor Christian Broch in business together. Together they designed the new hospital in Trondheim, which was completed in 1845. Stockfleth moved to Bergen in 1844 and spent the rest of his life there. He was interested in art and culture and several initiatives to establish his own school, with a basic introduction to architecture, first in Trondheim in 1842 and then in Bergen from 1844, where he also became head teacher. From 1851 it was named The Public Drawing School in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan area has 2,057,142 people. Copenhagen is on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century, it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences, and armed forces. During the Renaissance the city served as the de facto capital of the Kalmar Union, being the seat of monarchy, governing the majority of the present day Nordic countries, Nordic region in a personal union with Sweden and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Norway
Western Norway ( nb, Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; nn, Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Vestland, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has no official or political-administrative function. The region has a population of approximately 1.4 million people. The largest city is Bergen and the second-largest is Stavanger. Historically the regions of Agder, Vest-Telemark, Hallingdal, Valdres, and northern parts of Gudbrandsdal have been included in Western Norway. Western Norway, as well as other parts of historical regions of Norway, shares a common history with Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Iceland and to a lesser extent the Netherlands and Britain. For example, the Icelandic horse is a close relative of the Fjord horse and both the Faroese and Icelandic languages are based on the Old West Norse. In early Norse times, people from Western Norway became settlers at the Western Isles in the Norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1863 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaims the freedom of 3.1 million of the nation's four million slaves and immediately frees 50,000 of them, with the rest freed as Union armies advance. * January 2 – Lucius Tar Painting Master Company (''Teerfarbenfabrik Meirter Lucius''), predecessor of Hoechst, as a worldwide chemical manufacturing brand, founded in a suburb of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. * January 4 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. * January 7 – In the Swiss canton of Ticino, the village of Bedretto is partly destroyed and 29 killed, by an avalanche. * January 8 ** The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England. ** American Civil War &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1817 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru. * January 20 – Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare found Hindu College, Calcutta, offering instructions in Western languages and subjects. * February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: The Argentine–Chilean patriotic army defeats the Spanish. * March 3 ** President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill. ** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the Alabama Territory, effective in August. * March 4 – James Monroe is sworn in as the fifth President of the United States. * March 21 – The flag of the Pernambucan Revolt is publicly blessed by the dean of Recife Cathedral, Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sogndal
Sogndal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansverk is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, Fimreite, Nornes, and Fjærland. Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen is located southwest of Kaupanger. The Norwegian dialect spoken in Sogndal is called '' sognamål''. In 1917, a farmer in Sogndal (Kato Linde) plowed up the Eggja stone, a gravestone with runic inscriptions important for the history of the Old Norse language. The municipality is the 84th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Sogndal is the 96th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 12,097. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 10.8% over the previous 10-year period. General information Sogndal was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaupanger Stave Church
Kaupanger Stave Church ( no, Kaupanger stavkyrkje) is the largest stave church in Vestland county, Norway. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality and it is located in the village of Kaupanger, on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden. It is the church for the Kaupanger parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, wooden church was built in the mid-12th century (around 1140) and it has been in use ever since that time. The church seats about 125 people. The church is a Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site and it is owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. The nave is supported by 22 staves (large bearing columns), eight on each of the longer sides and three on each of the shorter. The elevated chancel is carried by four free standing staves. The church has the largest number of staves to be found in any one stave church. It is the largest of the five stave churches in Sogn og ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruvik Church
Bruvik Church ( no, Bruvik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Osterøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bruvik. It is the church for the Bruvik parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1867 using plans drawn up by the architect Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 350 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1340, but it was not new that year. The first church in Bruvik was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. That church was torn down and replaced by a timber-framed long church on the same site during the early 17th century, possibly in 1608. That church was described in the record books as a small church with a small tower on top. It had a church porch that was built using staves. In 1668, the roof on the northern side o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selje Church
Selje Church ( no, Selje kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selje. It is the church for the Selje parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1866 using plans drawn up by the architect Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 420 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to around the year 1100, but the church may have been built as early as the year 996. Selje Church is mentioned in the 10th century saga, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar. The first church in Selje was located on the small island of Selja, just off the coast of the present-day village of Selje. From the 12th until the 16th century, the old Selje Abbey was a major religious center for the region. Around the 1100s, the old church was moved to the village of Bø on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fusa Church
Fusa Church ( no, Fusa kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fusa (village), Fusa. It is one of the churches for the Fusa parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in a long church design in 1962 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Halvorsen. The church seats about 350 people. It is the fourth church building to be built on this site. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1325, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Fusa was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. In the year 1600, the old church was torn down and a new timber-framed long church was built on the same site to replace it. In 1861, a new, larger church was built about to the west of the old church. The new building was designed by Frederik Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strandvik Church
Strandvik Church ( no, Strandvik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Strandvik. It is one of the churches for the Fusa parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1857 using plans drawn up by the architect Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 450 people. History There has been a church at Strandvik since the Middle Ages. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1263, but that was not the year of construction. The first church in Strandvik was a wooden stave church that was likely built in the early 13th century. After the Reformation, the church was described in written records as having towers and a corridor encircling the building. In 1621–1623, the church was in need of some big repairs including fixing the roof and parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stord Church
Stord Church ( no, Stord kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Leirvik on the southern side of the island of Stord. It is the church for the Stord parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1857 using plans drawn up by the architects Andreas Grønning and Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 400 people. History The church in Stord was likely established during the 13th century. Around the year 1300, historians believe one of two options happened. Either the old church was torn down and a new rectangular stone church was constructed on the site, or (more likely), the original stone church was enlarged by expanding the size of the original choir. Regardless, after about 1300, the church was a rectangular church made out of stone. in 1687-1688, the whole roof and the church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen Museum
The University Museum of Bergen ( no, Universitetsmuseet i Bergen) is a university museum in Bergen, Norway. The museum features material related to anthropology, archaeology, botany, geology, zoology, art, and cultural history. History The University Museum of Bergen was founded in 1825 by Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, at the time president of the Storting. Founded under the name University Museum of Bergen with the intent of building large collections in the fields of culture and natural history, it became the grounds for most of the academic activity in the city, a tradition which has prevailed since the museum became part of the University of Bergen. The University Museum of Bergen is divided into two departments, the Natural History Collections and the Cultural History Collections and Public Outreach and exhibitions. It is also the caretaker of the museum garden, formerly the botanical garden, surrounding the natural history building, and the city's arboretum. This was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
