Oppstryn Church


Oppstryn Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Oppstryn, on the shore of the lake Oppstrynsvatnet. It is the church for the Oppstryn parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1863 by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1308, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Oppstryn was located at Nesje, about northwest of the present location of the church. The medieval stave church was located at Nesje until the winter of 1662-1663 when an avalanche off the nearby mountain pushed part of the church down the hill into the lake Oppstrynsvatnet.
The following spring, a new church was constructed at Fosnes in the village of Oppstryn to the southeast. The new building was a timber-framed long church. In 1863, this church was torn down and replaced with a new church that was consecrated on 1 November 1863.

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