NO: Flakstad kirke ligger på stedet Flakstad i Flakstad kommune i Nordland. Kirka er ei korskirke i tre med 300 plasser. Den ble bygd i 1780, og restaurert i 1872 og 1938.
Den røde korskirka er Tusenårsstedet for Flakstad Kommune.
Historie
Flakstad kirke er første gang nevnt i skriftlige kilder i 1413. Ei kirke på Flakstad ble bygd i 1430. Den ble ødelagt av storm på 1700-tallet. Den nye kirka ble bygd av tømmer fra Russland. Den ble bygd utenpå den gamle kirka. Ei av lysekronene i kirka kommer også fra Russland. Flere av gjenstandene i dagens kirke stammer fra den gamle kirka, deriblant to lysekroner, altertavla og prekestolen.
En orkan blåste tårnet av kirka i 1874. Tårnet ble deretter satt opp i vestenden av kirka. Under restaureringen i 1938 ble tårnet satt tilbake på plass midt over korskrysset i kirketaket.
Kilde: Wikipedia
Denne cachen erstatter vår første geocache, Flakstad Kirke, funnet for 5 år siden, arkivert nylig.
ENG: Flakstad Church (Norwegian: Flakstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flakstad. It is the church for the Flakstad parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1780. The church seats about 300 people. It is the millennium site for Flakstad Municipality.
The long, low church building is a cog-jointed construction using timbers clad externally with red-painted wooden paneling, as was usual at the end of the eighteenth century. The small-paned windows have white frames. The roof is covered with tiles and a ridge turret with an onion dome and spire crowns the intersection of the cross arms.
History
Flakstad Church was first mentioned in existing written sources in 1430, but it was likely built before that time. The building was a timber-framed cruciform design. It was destroyed by a storm during the 1700s. The new (present) church was built of timber from Russia. It was built next to the old the church and it seats about 300 people. One of chandeliers in the church also comes from Russia. Several of the items in today's church originate from the old the church including two chandeliers and the altartable. A hurricane blew the church tower off in 1874. The tower was then temporarily set up next to the church. During renovations in 1938, the tower was put back in place on top of the church.
Source: Wikipedia
This geocache is a replacement for our first geocache “Flakstad Kirke”, which we found 5 years ago, and recently archived.
