Emigrant Church
The Emigrant Church at Sletta is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sletta, but it originally stood in Brampton Township in the state of North Dakota in the United States.Photo: Desoda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Alver, Norway
- Also known as: “Emigrant Church, Sletta”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Heathland Centre and Lygra Church.
The Heathland Centre
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Heathland Centre is a museum, which is situated 3½ km east of Emigrant Church.
Lygra Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lygra Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Luro. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. Lygra Church is situated 3½ km east of Emigrant Church.
Emigrant Church
- Categories: church, aisleless church, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alver Municipality, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.68435° or 60° 41′ 4″ northLongitude
5.05167° or 5° 3′ 6″ eastInception
1997Operator
Vestnorsk Utvandringssenter, Museumssenteret i HordalandOpen location code
9FG7M3M2+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 381755798OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=museumOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q1335736
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Emigrant Church” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه المجتربين”
- German: “Emigrantkyrkja (Sletta)”
- German: “Emigrantkyrkja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Emigrantkirka på Sletta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Emigrantkirken”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Emigrantkyrkja på Sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brampton Lutheran Church”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Emigrantkyrkja på Sletta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Emigrantkyrkja”
- Norwegian: “Emigrantkirka på Sletta”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Emigrantkyrkja and Vestnorsk utvandringssenter, Museumssenteret i Hordaland.
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