Bragernes Church

Bragernes Church
Bragernes kirke
59°44′48″N 10°12′24″E / 59.74667°N 10.20667°E / 59.74667; 10.20667Coordinates: 59°44′48″N 10°12′24″E / 59.74667°N 10.20667°E / 59.74667; 10.20667
Location Drammen, Buskerud
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website www.drammen.kirken.no/bragernes/
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ernst Norgrenn
Style Neo Gothic
Specifications
Capacity 1000
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Bragernes
Diocese Diocese of Tunsberg

Bragernes Church (Bragernes Kirke) is a parish church in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway. It was designed by Ernst Norgrenn in Neo Gothic style and consecrated in 1871. The old Bragernes church, built in 1708, was west of Bragernes square. It burned down in 1866.[1]

Bragernes church is located at the end of Church Street north of Bragernes square in the center of Drammen. Bragernes Cemetery is west of the church. The tower is 64 metres (210 ft) tall. The altarpiece, Resurrection was painted by Adolph Tidemand. It was copied in many Norwegian churches. The church organ has 38 votes and was built in the romantic style of the Danish organ builder Carsten Lund.[2] [3]


References

  1. ↑ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Bragernes kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Bragernes Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
  3. ↑ Bragernes kirke Drammens murarkitektur
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