Hareid Church

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'''Hareid Church''' ({{langx|no|Hareid kyrkje}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Hareid Municipality]] in [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Hareid (village)|village of Hareid]] on the eastern side of the island of [[Hareidlandet]]. It is the church for the Hareid [[parish]] which is part of the [[Søre Sunnmøre prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]]. The white, wooden church was built in a [[long church]] design in 1877 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]]s [[Heinrich Ernst Schirmer]] and [[Wilhelm von Hanno]]. The church seats about 400 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hareid kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/151700101 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2019-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-09-07}}</ref>

==History== The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but it was not new that year. The first church in Hareid was a wooden [[stave church]] was likely built in the 13th century. The church was located about {{convert|80|m}} to the northwest of the present site of the church. The original building had a [[nave]] that measured about {{convert|20x8.15|m}}, a [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] that measured about {{convert|5.6x6.9|m}}, and a [[church porch]] that measured {{convert|5x5|m}}. Around the year 1640, a [[timber-framed]] [[transept]] was built off of the north side of the [[nave]] as a way of adding more seats in the church, but also to help support the old medieval structure. After the addition, the building reached a size of about {{convert|240|m2}}.<ref name="KM">{{Cite web |title=Hareid kyrkjestad |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84483 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-25}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Hareid kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/more-og-romsdal/hareid-kirke/ |access-date=2021-08-08 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="hkf">{{Cite web |title=Kyrkjebygningen |url=https://kirken.no/nn-NO/fellesrad/hareid-sokn/om-oss/historie/kyrkjebygningen2/ |publisher=Hareid kyrkjelege fellesråd |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2021-08-08}}</ref>

On 25 February 1806, the church was struck by [[lightning]] and it burned to the ground. A replacement church was built about {{convert|80|m}} to the east of the old stave church. It was a [[timber-framed]], [[Octagonal churches in Norway|octagonal]] building that was designed by the local parish priest, [[Peder Thomas Buschmann]] and Elling Valbø from [[Ørskog Municipality|Ørskog]] was the lead builder. Work on the new church was carried out in 1807-1808 when the main building was built and enclosed with a roof. The altar, pulpit, sacristy, and windows were started, but then the work stopped for several years. The building was not completed fully until 1820.<ref name="KM" /><ref name="NK" /><ref name="hkf" />

In 1814, this church served as an [[election church]] ({{langx|no|valgkirke}}).<ref name="lhw">{{Cite web |title=Valgkirkene |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Valgkirkene |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=LokalHistorieWiki.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Valgkartet |url=http://1814.arkivverket.no |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=Valgene i 1814 |publisher=Arkivverket |language=Norwegian |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226201720/http://1814.arkivverket.no/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 [[Norwegian Constituent Assembly]] which wrote the [[Constitution of Norway]]. This was Norway's first national elections. Each [[prestegjeld|church parish]] was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet at [[Eidsvoll Manor]] later that year.<ref name="lhw" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Om valgene |url=http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=Valgene i 1814 |publisher=Arkivverket |language=Norwegian |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226201720/http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The new church was fully completed in 1820 and it was [[consecrated]] on 25 June 1820. Soon after, it was realized that the ground under the new church site was not suitable for supporting the building. The timber structure began to sag and shift soon after its completion. After nearly 60 years of use, the church was torn down in 1876. In 1876–1877, a new church was built on the same site. The parish hired the [[architect]]s [[Heinrich Ernst Schirmer]] and [[Wilhelm von Hanno]] and the lead builder was [[Knut Stokkeland]]. The new building was designed in a [[Romanesque Revival]] style and it was [[consecrate]]d on 13 December 1877 by the local parish priest Christian Wisløff. On 3 January 1902, the church was struck by lightning and the ensuing fire caused significant damage, but the church was repaired soon after.<ref name="KM" /><ref name="NK" /><ref name="hkf" />

==See also== *[[List of churches in Møre]]

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[[Category:Hareid Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in Møre og Romsdal]] [[Category:Long churches in Norway]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1877]] [[Category:13th-century establishments in Norway]] [[Category:Norwegian election churches]]