Horten Church
Horten Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the town of Horten. It is one of the churches for the Horten parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti in the Diocese of Tunsberg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Horten, Vestfold, Norway
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Preus Museum and Royal Norwegian Navy Museum.
Preus Museum
Museum
Preus Museum is the national museum for photography located in Horten, Norway. Preus Museum was founded in 1976 by Leif Preus and the members of the Preus family as a private museum. Preus Museum is situated 200 metres southwest of Horten Church.
Royal Norwegian Navy Museum
Museum
Photo: Ulflarsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is a museum documenting the history of the Royal Norwegian Navy. It is located at the former main naval base of Karljohansvern in Horten. Royal Norwegian Navy Museum is situated 250 metres southwest of Horten Church.
Lystlunden
Pitch
Photo: Migrant, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lystlunden is a pitch, which is situated 1 km south of Horten Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moss.
Moss
Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC BY 4.0.
Moss is a coastal town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 and City in 1720.
Horten 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
59.42687° or 59° 25′ 37″ northLongitude
10.49022° or 10° 29′ 25″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Inception
1855Operator
Horten kirkelige fellesrådOpen location code
9FFGCFGR+P3OpenStreetMap ID
way 103969273OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Horten Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Horten Kirke”
- Finnish: “Hortenin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horten kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horten Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horten kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horten kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horten kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Horten kirke”
- Norwegian: “Horten”
- Swedish: “Horten kyrka”
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