Herre Church
Herre kirke
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59°06′11″N 9°33′45″E / 59.1030136°N 9.5626153°E / 59.1030136; 9.5626153
Location	Bamble Municipality, Vestfold og Telemark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	bamble.kirken.no
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1905
Consecrated	1 November 1905
Events	1928: Electrification 1955: Restoration 1963: New organ 2003: External restoration [1]
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Protected
Designated	6 February 2002 [2]
Architect(s)	Haldor Larsen Børve[2]
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1905 (119 years ago) (1905)
Construction cost	24,000 kr
Specifications
Capacity	275
Number of spires	1
Materials	Wood
Bells	2
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Bamble prosti
Parish	Bamble og Herre
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84561

Herre Church (Norwegian: Herre kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bamble Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Herre. It is one of the churches for the Bamble og Herre parish which is part of the Bamble prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1905 using plans drawn up by the architect Haldor Larsen Børve. The church seats about 275 people.^[2][3][4][5]

History

In the latter half of the 19th century, local residents of Herre began working towards getting an annex chapel built in their village, rather than having to travel to Bamble Church. After a factory opened and attracted more residents to Herre, the desire for a local chapel became possible. The factory provided land for a cemetery and chapel. The cemetery was consecrated on 2 January 1898. Work next moved to the construction of the new chapel building. The chapel was designed by Haldor Larsen Børve and O. Thovsen was the lead builder with Tollef Veholt being responsible for the masonry work. The new chapel (called Herre Chapel at that time) was consecrated on 1 November 1905. The new building was a wooden long church that was designed using the inspiration of a medieval stave church. The building measures 23.8 by 13 metres (78 ft × 43 ft) and the total cost for its construction was 23,709.15 kr. The financing of the costs were as follows: 16,109.15 kr was given as a gift from the factory, 1,200 kr as a gift from a parishioner, and 3,000 kr as an interest-free loan from the Bamble savings bank. An additional 3,400 kr was collected from the people of the village. Initially, the building was titled as a "chapel", but in 1997, the church was upgraded to the status of a parish church and re-titled Herre Church.^[6][7][8]

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