Borre Church
Borre Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borre. It is one of the churches for the Borre parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti in the Diocese of Tunsberg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Borre mound cemetery
Photo: Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Borre mound cemetery forms part of the Borre National Park at Horten in Vestfold, Norway. 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. Borre mound cemetery is situated 660 metres east of Borre Church.
Borre ungdomsskole
School
Photo: PeterFisk, Public domain.
Borre ungdomsskole is a school, which is situated 570 metres southwest of Borre Church.
Adalstjern
Nature reserve
Photo: Alexanderjoahansen198, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adalstjern is a nature reserve.
Borre Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.38233° or 59° 22′ 56″ northLongitude
10.45993° or 10° 27′ 36″ eastElevation
35 metres (115 feet)Inception
1100Operator
Horten kirkelige fellesrådOpen location code
9FFG9FJ5+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 535212773OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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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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