Gimsøy Church
Gimsøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Gimsøy area of the town of Skien.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Skien, Eastern Norway
- Also known as: “Gimsoy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hakastein Church and Skienshallen.
Hakastein Church
Ruins
Hakastein Church was a church under Gimsøy Abbey near Skien in Norway. It is first referred to in a manuscript from 1354. In 2001, archaeologists uncovered post-holes and other features which are believed to belong to the church. Hakastein Church is situated 740 metres northwest of Gimsøy Church.
Skienshallen
Sports venue
Photo: Bitjungle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skienshallen is a sports venue, which is situated 1 km southwest of Gimsøy Church.
Tollboden
Public building
Photo: Orf3us, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tollboden is a public building, which is situated 1½ km north of Gimsøy Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porsgrunn.
Porsgrunn
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porsgrunn is a town in the county of Telemark in Norway with a population of 35,000. The larger town of Skien is nearby and the combined urban area has a population of 87,000.
Gimsøy Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Skien, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.19194° or 59° 11′ 31″ northLongitude
9.60431° or 9° 36′ 16″ eastElevation
26 metres (85 feet)Inception
1922Operator
Skien kirkelige fellesrådOpen location code
9FFF5JR3+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 558305470OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Gimsøy Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Gimsøy Kirke”
- Finnish: “Gimsøyn kirkko (Skien)”
- Finnish: “Gimsøyn kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gimsøy kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gimsøy kyrkje i Skien”
- Norwegian: “Gimsøy kirke”
- Norwegian: “Gimsøy”
- Swedish: “Gimsøy kyrka”
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