Sakshaug gamle Church
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Sakshaug "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
.
, dating back to about 1150. The church was consecrated by Archbishop Eysteinn Erlendsson
in 1184 and was decommissioned in 1871 when the new Sakshaug Church
was consecrated. The ownership of the church was transferred to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1873 and was renovated from 1910 to 1958 after having been without a roof and the interior since 1873.
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 in the village of Sakshaug
Sakshaug
Sakshaug is a village in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about northwest of the municipal center of Straumen and about northeast of Utøy. The village has a population of 201...
. The church is part of the 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...
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...
.
History
The stone church is one of the oldest churches in TrøndelagTrøndelag
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...
, dating back to about 1150. The church was consecrated by Archbishop Eysteinn Erlendsson
Eysteinn Erlendsson
Eysteinn Erlendsson was Archbishop of Nidaros from 1161 to his death in 1188.-Background:...
in 1184 and was decommissioned in 1871 when the new Sakshaug Church
Sakshaug Church
Sakshaug 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....
was consecrated. The ownership of the church was transferred to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1873 and was renovated from 1910 to 1958 after having been without a roof and the interior since 1873.
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...
- Hustad ChurchHustad ChurchHustad 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...
- 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....
- 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...