Hustad Church
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Hustad Church is a preserved former parish church
in the municipality of Inderøy
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located just north of the village of Gangstadhaugen
. The church is part of the Sandvollan
parish
in the Nord-Innherad deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
. Since 1887, the church has been owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments since it is one of the few remaining stone churches from the Middle Ages
. It is no longer used as a regular parish church. Some unique aspects of this small church is that most of the interior items such as the pew
s are original, and the cemetery is surrounded by a wooden fence, the only such preserved fence in all of Trøndelag
.
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 Inderøy
Inderøy
Inderøy is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Straumen. Other villages include Gangstadhaugen, Hylla, Kjerknesvågen, Røra, Sakshaug, Sandvollan, Småland, Utøy, and Vangshylla.The...
in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...
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 just north of the village of Gangstadhaugen
Gangstadhaugen
Gangstadhaugen or Gangstad is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about southeast of Breivika. The village has a population of 212. The population density of Gangstadhaugen is . Hustad Church is located about north of the village....
. The church is part of the Sandvollan
Sandvollan
Sandvollan is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the north part of the present-day municipality of Inderøy. It borders the Sparbu area of the municipality of Steinkjer and the Børgin fjord to the east, the Kjerknesvågen village area to the southwest, and the...
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 Nord-Innherad 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...
. Since 1887, the church has been owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments since it is one of the few remaining stone churches from the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
. It is no longer used as a regular parish church. Some unique aspects of this small church is that most of the interior items such as the pew
Pew
A pew is a long bench seat or enclosed box used for seating members of a congregation or choir in a church, or sometimes in a courtroom.-Overview:Churches were not commonly furnished with permanent pews before the Protestant Reformation...
s are original, and the cemetery is surrounded by a wooden fence, the only such preserved fence in all of Trøndelag
Trøndelag
Trøndelag is the name of a geographical region in the central part of Norway, consisting of the two counties Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag. The region is, together with Møre og Romsdal, part of a larger...
.
See also
- List of churches in Nord-Trøndelag
- Heggstad ChurchHeggstad ChurchHeggstad Church is a parish church in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sandvollan. The church is part of the Sandvollan parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was designed by architect...
- Sakshaug ChurchSakshaug ChurchSakshaug Church is a parish church in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sakshaug. The church is part of the Inderøy parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros....
- Sakshaug gamle ChurchSakshaug gamle ChurchSakshaug "Old" Church is a preserved parish church in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sakshaug. The church is part of the Inderøy parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros....
- Salberg ChurchSalberg ChurchSalberg Church is a parish church in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Røra, between the Nordlandsbanen railway line and the European route E6 highway. The village of Hylla lies just to the southwest of the church. The church is part...