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Hitra Church

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Summary

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Field	Value
name	Hitra Church
fullname	Hitra kirke
image	Hitrakirke2.JPG
caption	View of the church
coordinates
location	Hitra Municipality, Trøndelag
country	Norway
churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
denomination	Church of Norway
diocese	Nidaros bispedømme
deanery	Orkdal prosti
parish	Hitra og Fillan
status	Parish church
functional status	Active
founded date	1927
consecrated date	15 Dec 1927
completed date
architect	Claus Hjelte
architectural type	Cruciform
materials	Stone
capacity	400
embedded	{{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
embed	yes
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84579

Hitra Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Melandsjøen on the north shore of the island of Hitra. It is one of the churches for the Hitra og Fillan parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The square-shaped, stone church was built in a cruciform style in 1927 using plans drawn up by the architect Claus Hjelte (1884-1969). The church seats about 400 people.

History

The medieval Dolm Church served the parish of Hitra for nearly 800 years before it burned down on the night of 3 February 1920. Seven days after the fire, the parish decided that the church would be rebuilt about 1 km away on the other side of the Dolmsundet strait in the village of Melandsjøen. This would make it more accessible to the congregation since it was going to be the main church for the parish. The old Dolm Church was located on the island of Dolmøya and Melandsjøen was on the nearby (larger) island of Hitra where the majority of the people lived.

The new church would be built on the site of a cemetery that had been built in Melandsjøen in 1904. This change was not without controversy, but the parish agreed that the old Dolm Church would be rebuilt and maintained as an annex church in the parish, rather than just being torn down.

The new church was designed by the architect Claus Hjelte and built in 1927. The new church is actually built in a cruciform design, but four other rooms were built on each side of the cross-shaped nave giving the building a nearly square shape. The building was constructed out of local stone. The central part of the nave has a higher ceiling height than the rest of the building and there is a copper Byzantine-style dome with a cross spire on the top. The church was consecrated on 15 December 1927.

References

Jens Christian Eldal, Trond Marinus Indahl. "Claus Hjelte". Norsk kunstnerleksikon.
"Hitra kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
"Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker". KirkeKonsulenten.no.
"Hitra kirkested / Hitra kirke 2". [[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]].
"Hitra kirke".

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