Tampere Old Church

The Tampere Old Church is a wooden cross church opened in 1825 in , near the Central Square. The old church is mainly used by the Swedish-speaking Lutheran congregation in Tampere.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Tampere, Finland
  • Also known as: “Old Church” and “Old Church, Tampere”
  • Address: Keskustori, Tampere, 33100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tammerkoski and Library Park.

River
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is a channel of rapids in , . The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, and . The difference in altitude between these two is 18 metres and the water flows from Näsijärvi to Pyhäjärvi through the rapids.

Park
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is situated 100 metres northeast of Tampere Old Church.

Town hall
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The Tampere City Central Office Building is an office building in , , located on the edge of Tampere Central Square and the city's administrative center. is situated 190 metres northwest of Tampere Old Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tammerkoski and Nalkala.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in the city of , , covering the southern part of the city center from Hämeenkatu to the market square.

Suburb
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is a district in , . It was born in the late 1870s as a working-class neighborhood to the eastern outskirts of the town. As Tampere soon expanded, is now a part of the city center between the river and the railway.

Tampere Old Church

Latitude
61.49857° or 61° 29′ 55″ north
Longitude
23.76111° or 23° 45′ 40″ east
Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)
Inception
1824
Roof shape
pyramidal
Open location code
9GH5FQX6+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93350178
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
12820304
Wiki­data ID
Q10502462
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Tampere Old Church” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ilesia Vieya de Tampere”
  • Finnish: “Tampereen vanha kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Tampereen Vanha kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Tampereen Vanha Kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Vanha kirkko (Tampere)”
  • Finnish: “Vanha kirkko”
  • French: “ancienne église de Tampere”
  • French: “Ancienne église de Tampere”
  • Galician: “Igrexa vella de Tampere”
  • German: “Alte Kirche von Tampere”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den gamle kirken i Tammerfors”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamla kyrkan i Tammerfors”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanha kirkko”
  • Norwegian: “Gamla kyrkan i Tammerfors”
  • Polish: “Stary kościół w Tampere”
  • Russian: “Старая церковь Тампере”
  • Russian: “Старая церковь”
  • Swedish: “Gamla kyrkan, Tammerfors”
  • Swedish: “Gamla kyrkan”
  • Swedish: “Tammerfors gamla kyrka”
  • Swedish: “Tammerfors Gamla Kyrka”

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