Austmarka Church

Austmarka Church (Norwegian: Austmarka kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Austmarka. It is the church for the Austmarka parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1858 using plans drawn up by the architect Paul Bielenberg. The church seats about 380 people.[1][2]

Austmarka Church
Austmarka kirke
View of the church
60°06′06″N 12°19′30″E
LocationKongsvinger Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1858
Consecrated14 April 1858
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Paul Bielenberg
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1858 (1858)
Specifications
Capacity380
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeanerySolør, Vinger og Odal prosti
ParishAustmarka
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID83827

History

In 1847, a cemetery was built in Austmarka so that the local residents didn't need to travel all the way to Vinger Church to bury their dead. Soon after, there was a push to build a church at the cemetery to serve the population in the eastern part of the municipality. Paul Bielenberg was hired to design and build the new church. It was a wooden long church with a church porch and tower on the west end and a choir on the east end. Construction took place during 1857–1858. The new building was consecrated on 14 April 1858.[3][4]

After its construction, the church suffered from poor maintenance so much so that church authorities ordered the congregation to do something about it. It was urged repeatedly to maintain the building. At one point, the church was close to being demolished, but during the 1870s, the building was repaired. In the 1880s, it got exterior paneling and the interior was painted. There was a fire in the building in 1922, but the fire was extinguished before major damage was done. However, the roof had to be repaired afterwards. The church was refurbished during the 1950s and again in 2008.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Austmarka kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. "Austmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. "Austmarka kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2021.

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