Old Moster Church
Old Moster Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway, and it is one of the oldest churches in all of Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kvikanes, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Bømlo, Norway
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moster Church and Bømla Bridge.
Moster Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Moster Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Mosterhamn on the island of Moster. Moster Church is situated 2½ km northwest of Old Moster Church.
Bømla Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Margareth, Public domain.
The Bømla Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses Spissøysundet between the islands of Nautøy in Stord Municipality and Spissøy in Bømlo Municipality, Norway. Bømla Bridge is situated 4 km north of Old Moster Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sagvåg.
Sagvåg
Village
Photo: Astrid Carlsen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sagvåg is a village in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwest coast of the island of Stord, about 5 kilometres west of the town of Leirvik. Sagvåg is situated 8 km north of Old Moster Church.
Old Moster Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bømlo, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.70163° or 59° 42′ 6″ northLongitude
5.3821° or 5° 22′ 56″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Inception
1100Operator
FortidsminneforeningenOpen location code
9FF7P92J+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 381722574OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Old Moster Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Moster gamle Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه موستر القديمه”
- Finnish: “Mosterin vanha kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moster gamle kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moster gamle kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moster gamle kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Moster gamle kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Moster gamle kirke”
- Norwegian: “Moster gamle kyrkje”
- Romanian: “biserica veche din Moster”
- Spanish: “iglesia vieja de Moster”
- Spanish: “Iglesia vieja de Moster”
- Swedish: “Moster gamla kyrka”
- Swedish: “Mosters gamla kyrka”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Old Moster Church”. Photo: Kvikanes, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.