Ålen Church
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Ålen Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Holtålen
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The church is located in the village of Ålen
.
The church was built in 1881 by architect
Jacob Digre. The wooden building was built in the Neo-gothic style and was built to hold about 322 people.
The church is part of the Ålen
parish in the Gauldal deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
.
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 Holtålen
Holtålen
Holtålen is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ålen. Other villages include Hessdalen, Aunegrenda, Haltdalen, and Renbygda.-General information:...
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...
. The church is located in the village of Ålen
Ålen
Ålen is a village and a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is the administrative centre of the municipality of Holtålen. The former municipality encompassed the southeastern half of the present-day municipality of Holtålen....
.
The church was built in 1881 by 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...
Jacob Digre. The wooden building was built in the Neo-gothic style and was built to hold about 322 people.
The church is part of the Ålen
Ålen
Ålen is a village and a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is the administrative centre of the municipality of Holtålen. The former municipality encompassed the southeastern half of the present-day municipality of Holtålen....
parish in the Gauldal 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...
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See also
- Aunegrenda ChapelAunegrenda ChapelAunegrenda Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Aunegrenda.The wooden church building was built in 1952 by architect Morgenstierne & Eide...
- Haltdalen ChurchHaltdalen ChurchHaltdalen Church is a parish church in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Haltdalen.The church was built in 1881 by architects Jacob Digre and Gustav Olsen...
- Hessdalen ChurchHessdalen ChurchHessdalen Church is a parish church in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Hessdalen.The church was built in 1940 by architects John Egil Tverdahl and Arne S. Gynnild...
- List of churches in Sør-Trøndelag