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Urnes Stave Church

Urnes Stave Church is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden in the municipality of in Vestland county, . The church sits on the eastern side of the fjord, directly across the fjord from the village of and about five kilometres east of the village of .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Luster, Vestland, Norway
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ornes and Solvorn.

Hamlet
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Urnes is a village in in Vestland county, . The village is located on a small peninsula that juts out into the Lustrafjorden, the innermost part of the Sognefjorden.

Village
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Luster is a district in county. Luster sits right at the intersection of central alpine mountains, great glaciers and the iconic fjords. is situated 4 km west of Urnes Stave Church.

Urnes Stave Church

Latitude
61.29812° or 61° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
7.32261° or 7° 19′ 21″ east
Elevation
200 metres (656 feet)
Inception
~1130
Operator
Fortidsminneforeningen
Open location code
9FH978XF+62
Open­Street­Map ID
way 441801479
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
3133199
Wiki­data ID
Q210678
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Urnes Stave Church” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ուրնեսի ստավկիրկա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Urnes kilsəsi”
  • Basque: “Urnesko egurrezko eliza”
  • Basque: “Urnesko Stavkirke”
  • Belarusian: “Стаўкірка ва Урнесе”
  • Bosnian: “Drvena crkva u Urnesu”
  • Burmese: “အားနက်စ် စတေ့ဗ် ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “església de fusta d’Urnes”
  • Catalan: “Església de fusta d’Urnes”
  • Chinese: “乌尔内斯木板教堂”
  • Chinese: “烏爾內斯木板教堂”
  • Croatian: “Urneška drvena crkva”
  • Czech: “Kostel v Urnesu”
  • Czech: “Roubený kostel v Urnesu”
  • Danish: “Urnes stavkirke”
  • Dutch: “Staafkerk van Urnes”
  • Estonian: “Urnesi kirik”
  • Estonian: “Urnesi püstpalkkirik”
  • Finnish: “Urnesin puukirkko”
  • Finnish: “Urnesin sauvakirkko”
  • French: “stavkirke d’Urnes”
  • French: “Stavkirke d’Urnes”
  • Galician: “Igrexa de madeira de Urnes”
  • Georgian: “ურნესეს ეკლესია”
  • German: “Stabkirche Urnes”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Ούρβες Στάβε”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Ούρνες Στάβε”
  • Gujarati: “ઉર્નેસ સ્ટેવ ચર્ચ”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית אורנס”
  • Hindi: “उर्नेस स्टाव चर्च”
  • Hindi: “यूर्नेस स्टाव चर्च”
  • Hungarian: “urnesi dongatemplom”
  • Hungarian: “Urnesi dongatemplom”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Kayu Urnes”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Urnes”
  • Italian: “Stavkirke di Urnes”
  • Japanese: “ウルネスの木造教会”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಟೇವ್ ಚರ್ಚ್, ಉರ್ನೆಸ್”
  • Korean: “우르네스 목조교회”
  • Korean: “우르네스 통널 교회”
  • Lithuanian: “Urneso medinė bažnyčia”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Injam ta‘ Urnes”
  • Maltese: “Knisja tal-Injam ta’ Urnes”
  • Northern Sami: “Urnes stáhpegirku”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urnes kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urnes kirkested”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urnes stavkirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Urnes stavkyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Urnes stavkyrkje”
  • Norwegian: “Urnes stavkirke”
  • Persian: “کلیسای چوبی اورنس”
  • Polish: “Urnes stavkirke”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de madeira de Urnes”
  • Russian: “Ставкирка в Урнесе”
  • Serbian: “Урнешка дрвена црква”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Urneška drvena crkva”
  • Slovak: “Drevený kostol v Urnese”
  • Slovenian: “stebričasta cerkev v Umesu”
  • Slovenian: “urneška lesena cerkev”
  • Slovenian: “Urneška lesena cerkev”
  • Slovenian: “urneška stebričasta cerkev”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de madera de Urnes”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de madera de Urnes”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Urnes”
  • Swedish: “Ornes stavkyrka”
  • Swedish: “Urnes stavkyrka”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์ไม้สมัยกลางอือเนส”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์สตาฟอือเนส”
  • Turkish: “Urnes Stave Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Урнеська ставкірка”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ bằng ván gỗ ở Urnes”
  • Western Panjabi: “ارنس سٹاو گرجا”

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