Skoger gamle kirke Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

cervisvenator: Hi

While I feel that Geocaching.com should hold the location for the cache owner and block other cachers from placing a cache in the area around this cache for a reasonable amount of time, we can’t do so forever.

Nothing seems to happen with this cache listing, so it is now archived, so that someone else can place a cache in the area, and geocachers can once again enjoy visiting this location. Also, if it hasn’t been done already, please pick up any remaining cache bits as soon as possible.

(This reviewer note is in English so non-Norwegian cache owners, geocachers and cache reviewers can understand what it says.)

Thanks for your understanding,
Cervis Venator
Geocaching.com Volunteer Cache Reviewer

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Hidden : 9/21/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Skoger gamle kirke er en langkirke av stein fra middelalderen på gården Hanaval i Drammen kommune, Buskerud fylke. Byggeåret er antatt å være mellom 1200 og 1220 og kirken er dermed et av Drammens eldste bygg. Kirken var på 1700-tallet en votivkirke. Adkomst til stedet er via Fv33.

Som mange andre middelalderkirker i Norge er Skoger gamle kirke bygd på et svært synlig sted i landskapet. Når du kommer kjørende sørfra mot Drammen ser du kirken på lang avstand. Er du på vei sørover etter å ha krysset Drammensfjorden og kommet i land på Solumstrand, kan du se kirken fra veien etter å ha passert Knive og Eik,- slik Oslobispen Jens Nilssøn gjorde på sin reise i 1594.
På den annen side er det ikke umulig at dette området var et sted for hedensk gudsdyrkelse før kristendommen kom, og at kirken av den grunn ble reist her.
Nærmeste gård, Hanaval, har avgitt jord til kirken, og bondens dåp kan ha vært årsaken til at den ble reist nettopp her. Kristendommen var velkjent i dette området før slutten av det 10. århundre, og muligheten er til stede for at det stod en trekirke her før oppførelsen av den nåværende kirken. Enkelte andre mer mytiske forklaringer på kirkebyggingen har også vært fremsatt. Uansett har kirken et spesielt trekk ved seg som den har felles med kun en kirke til i Norge. Den er bygd over en vannkilde. Den andre kirken er Nidarosdomen. Kilden er sannsynligvis under alteret, og den har i løpet av århundredene forårsaket store problemer med råtne bord.

Cachen er en plastikk boks i en pose og inneholder loggbok, blyant, blyantspisser og noen bytteting.

Skoger old church is a church of stone from the middle ages on the farm Hanaval in Drammen municipality, Buskerud county. Construction year is estimated to be between 1200 and 1220 and the church is thus one of Drammen oldest buildings. The church was in the 1700s a votivkirke . Access to the site is via Fv33

Like many other medieval churches in Norway Skoger ancient church built on a highly visible place in the landscape. When you come running from the south towards Drammen see the church from a distance. Are you heading south after crossing Drammensfjorden and come ashore on Solum Beach, you can see the church from the road after passing Knive and Eik - The Bishop of Oslo, Jens Nilssøn, did on his trip in 1594 .
On the other hand, it is not impossible that this area was a place of pagan worship before Christianity came, and that the church because of that was raised here.
The nearest farm, Hanaval, has provided land to the church, and the farmer's baptism may have been the reason it was built just here. Christianity was well known in this area before the end of the 10th century, and the possibility exists that it stood a wooden church here before the erection of the present church. Some other more mythical explanations of the church building has also been put forward. Anyway, the church has a special feature of itself as it has in common with only one church in Norway. It is built over a water source. The other church is the Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. The source is probably under the altar, and it has over the centuries caused great problems with rotten board.

The cache is a plastic box in a bag and includes a logbook, pencil, pencil sharpener and some trading items.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

AR haqre ra fgbe fgrva. AR haqre n ovt fgbar.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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