Borre Church

Borre Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Horten Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of . It is one of the churches for the Borre parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti in the Diocese of Tunsberg.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Horten, Vestfold, Norway
  • Also known as: “Borre”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Borre mound cemetery and Borre ungdomsskole.

Photo: Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
forms part of the Borre National Park at in , . It is home to seven large and 21 smaller burial mounds. Excavations in the 1980s revealed that the oldest mounds date to 600 AD, i.e. prior to the Viking Age. is situated 660 metres east of Borre Church.

School
Photo: PeterFisk, Public domain.
is a school, which is situated 570 metres southwest of Borre Church.

Nature reserve
Photo: Alexanderjoahansen198, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a nature reserve.

Borre Church

Latitude
59.38233° or 59° 22′ 56″ north
Longitude
10.45993° or 10° 27′ 36″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Inception
1100
Operator
Horten kirkelige fellesråd
Open location code
9FFG9FJ5+WX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 535212773
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
3160608
Wiki­data ID
Q10433313
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Borre Church” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Borre kirke”
  • Finnish: “Borren kirkko”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borre kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borre Kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borre kirkested”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borre kyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borre kyrkje”
  • Norwegian: “Borre kirke”
  • Swedish: “Borre kyrka”

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