Ytre Rendal Church

Ytre Rendal Church (Norwegian: Ytre Rendal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Otnes. It is the church for the Ytre Rendal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in an cruciform design in 1751 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 180 people.[1][2]

Ytre Rendal Church
Ytre Rendal kirke
Otnes kirke
View of the church
61°45′34″N 11°10′52″E
LocationRendalen Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated1751
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeCruciform
Completed1751 (1751)
Specifications
Capacity180
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeaneryNord-Østerdal prosti
ParishYtre Rendal
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85894

Jacob Breda Bull is buried in the church graveyard.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1444, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Rendalen was probably a wooden stave church that was located at Hornset, about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) northeast of the present church site.[3][4]

In 1670, the old church was torn down and a new replacement church was built about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) to the south in the village of Otnes. This new church eventually fell into disrepair and around 1745, it was decided to build a new church. A new church was built about 70 metres (230 ft) south of the previous church in Otnes. It was a timber-framed cruciform church. Originally, the church exterior was unpainted. In 1857, the exterior was painted red. During a restoration in 1878, the church was painted white. In 1930, the church was painted red once again.[3][5]

See also

References
  1. "Ytre Rendal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. "Ytre Rendal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. "Hornset kirkested / Hornset kirke 1" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. "Ytre rendal kirkested - Otnes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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