Voss

Voss Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Voss parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Voss, Norway
  • Also known as: “Voss Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Voss Station and Ole Bull Academy.

Railway station
Photo: Aresenikk, Public domain.
is a railway station on the Bergen Line located in the village of in in Vestland county, . It sits just off the European route E16 highway on the northwestern shore of the lake . is situated 370 metres west of Voss.

University
The is a Norwegian music college that offers college-level courses on Norwegian folk music and folk dance. Today, the Academy educates about 700 students annually, and over 9000 students had taken a course at the Academy in 2003. is situated 270 metres northeast of Voss.

Museum
Photo: Shark, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 570 metres northwest of Voss.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vossevangen.

Town
Photo: BjarteSorensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vossavangen or is the administrative centre of in Vestland county, . The village lies on the northeastern shore of the lake in the central part of the municipality, about 100 kilometres east of the city of Bergen.

Voss

Latitude
60.62878° or 60° 37′ 44″ north
Longitude
6.41687° or 6° 25′ 1″ east
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Inception
1277
Height
5 metres (16 feet)
Operator
Voss kyrkjelege fellesråd
Open location code
9FG8JCH8+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 177527231
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
3131331
Wiki­data ID
Q12719476
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Voss” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “沃斯教堂”
  • Danish: “Voss Kirke”
  • Danish: “Voss”
  • Dutch: “Voss”
  • Finnish: “Vangin kirkko (Voss)”
  • Finnish: “Vangin kirkko”
  • French: “Voss”
  • German: “Kirche von Voss”
  • German: “Voss”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vangskyrkja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Voss kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Voss kirkested”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Voss kyrkje”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Voss kyrkjestad”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vangskyrkja på Voss”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vangskyrkja”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Voss kyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Voss”
  • Norwegian: “Vangskyrkja”
  • Norwegian: “Voss”
  • Polish: “Voss”
  • Portuguese: “Voss”
  • Romanian: “Voss”
  • Swedish: “Voss kommun”
  • Swedish: “Voss kyrka”

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