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Stamnes Municipality
Stamnes may refer to the following locations: *Stamnes, also known as Stamneshella Stamneshella or Stamnes is a village in Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the northern part of the Veafjorden, at the entrance to the Vikafjorden. The village is an old church site, with records showing a church ..., a village in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway * Stamnes Church, a church in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway * Stamnes Municipality, a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway {{Geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamneshella
Stamneshella or Stamnes is a village in Vaksdal municipality, Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the northern part of the Veafjorden, at the entrance to the Vikafjorden. The village is an old church site, with records showing a church in this village dating back to the early 14th century. The present Stamnes Church was built in 1861. The village also has a shop, a daycare centre, and a preschool. There a small bridge over the Vikafjorden on the eastern end of the village. It connects to a small residential area on the other side of the fjord that is surrounded by mountains and the fjord. About northwest of the village lies the Kallestadsundet Bridge, which connects the mainland to the island of Osterøy Osterøy is an List of islands of Norway, island Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Nordhordland. The municipality encompasses ..., across t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamnes Church
Stamnes Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stamneshella. It is the church for the Stamnes parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1861 using plans drawn up by the architects Peter Høier Holtermann and Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 250 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1328, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Stamnes was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. Very little is known about this church. The church is said to have received a new pulpit in 1582 and chairs around 1590. During the first part of the 1600s, the old stave church was torn down and replaced with a timber-framed long church. In 1687–1689, a new choir had been built for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |