Halsnøy Abbey
Halsnøy Abbey was a house of Augustinian Canons located on the island of Halsnøy on the Hardangerfjord at Kvinnherad in Vestland, Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: building in Kvinnherad, Vestland, Norway
- Also known as: “Halsnoy Kloster” and “Kloster”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eid Church.
Eid Church
Church
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Eid Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eidsvik. It is one of the two churches for the Fjelberg og Eid parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. Eid Church is situated 2½ km southeast of Halsnøy Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunde and Leirvik.
Sunde
Village
Sunde is a village in Kvinnherad municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Hardangerfjorden, just north of the island of Halsnøya. Sunde is situated 5 km northeast of Halsnøy Abbey.
Leirvik
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Leirvik is a town in the county of Hordaland in Norway. It is located on the island of Stord in the municipality of the same name. Confusingly, Stord municipality as a whole has town status, but Leirvik is the only town-like settlement in the municipality.
Halsnøy Abbey
- Categories: cultural property, abbey, and religion
- Location: Kvinnherad, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Halsnøy Abbey” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Halsnø kloster”
- Danish: “Halsnøy Kloster”
- French: “abbaye de Halsnøy”
- French: “Abbaye de Halsnøy”
- German: “Halsnøy kloster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Halsnøy kloster”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Halsnøy kloster”
- Norwegian: “Halsnøy kloster”
- Swedish: “Halsnøy kloster”
- Swedish: “Halsnøy Kloster”
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