Bakke Church
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Bakke Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Trondheim
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the Bakklandet
area of the city of Trondheim
, and the church serves the Bakklandet, Møllenberg, Rosenborg
, and Nedre Elvehavn
areas of Østbyen
in Trondheim. The church is part of the Bakklandet
parish
in the Nidaros deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
.
The octagonal wooden church was built in 1715 and designed by the architect
Johan Christopher Hempel. It is the oldest building in the Bakklandet
area of Trondheim since it was the only building that was spared during the Swedish
siege of 1718. After World War I
, the Innherredsveien road (the old European route E6
highway) was widened and upgraded and the church was located too close to and the church became a major traffic obstruction. This led to plans to demolish the church, especially after the opening of the new Bakke bridge in 1927. It was decided to save the church, so the whole church was jacked up with a jack and moved several feet to the side in 1939. Then it was restored and consecrated again in 1941.
Although it is part of the established
(Lutheran) Church of Norway
, Bakke Church is also home to Trondheim's small Eastern Orthodox Church
congregation, who do not possess their own church building.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the municipality of Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
- References :...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located in the Bakklandet
Bakklandet
Bakklandet is a neighborhood of Trondheim, Norway. It lies on the east side of the river Nidelva between Bakke Bridge and the Old Town Bridge. The area is dominated by small, wooden houses and narrow streets...
area of the city of Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, and the church serves the Bakklandet, Møllenberg, Rosenborg
Rosenborg, Trondheim
Rosenborg is an area of Trondheim, Norway located east of Møllenberg, south of Lademoen, north of Tyholt and west of Persaunet. Organisationally it is part of the Østbyen borough. The area is mostly residential, both housing and apartments. To the east Rosenborg also borders to Kristiansten...
, and Nedre Elvehavn
Nedre Elvehavn
Nedre Elvehavn is a borough of Trondheim, Norway located east of Nidelven opposite Midtbyen . The borough is located north of Bakklandet, west of Møllenberg and south of Nyhavna...
areas of Østbyen
Østbyen
Østbyen is a borough of the city of Trondheim, Norway consisting of the areas of Møllenberg, Nedre Elvehavn, Rosenborg, Lade, Strindheim, Jakobsli, Ranheim and Vikåsen. It has 39,171 residents....
in Trondheim. The church is part of the Bakklandet
Bakklandet
Bakklandet is a neighborhood of Trondheim, Norway. It lies on the east side of the river Nidelva between Bakke Bridge and the Old Town Bridge. The area is dominated by small, wooden houses and narrow streets...
parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the Nidaros deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
.
The octagonal wooden church was built in 1715 and designed by the architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Johan Christopher Hempel. It is the oldest building in the Bakklandet
Bakklandet
Bakklandet is a neighborhood of Trondheim, Norway. It lies on the east side of the river Nidelva between Bakke Bridge and the Old Town Bridge. The area is dominated by small, wooden houses and narrow streets...
area of Trondheim since it was the only building that was spared during the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
siege of 1718. After World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, the Innherredsveien road (the old European route E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
highway) was widened and upgraded and the church was located too close to and the church became a major traffic obstruction. This led to plans to demolish the church, especially after the opening of the new Bakke bridge in 1927. It was decided to save the church, so the whole church was jacked up with a jack and moved several feet to the side in 1939. Then it was restored and consecrated again in 1941.
Although it is part of the established
State religion
A state religion is a religious body or creed officially endorsed by the state...
(Lutheran) Church of Norway
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway is the state church of Norway, established after the Lutheran reformation in Denmark-Norway in 1536-1537 broke the ties to the Holy See. The church confesses the Lutheran Christian faith...
, Bakke Church is also home to Trondheim's small Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church, officially called the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the second largest Christian denomination in the world, with an estimated 300 million adherents mainly in the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece,...
congregation, who do not possess their own church building.