St George’s Church

St George's Church, Bergen is a historic church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, . This is also the site of the Leprosy Museum.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Bergen, Norway
  • Also known as: “St George’s Church, Bergen” and “St. Jørgen hospitalkirke”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bergen Leprosy Museum and Grieg Hall.

Museum
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Music venue
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is a 1,500-seat concert hall located on Edvard Griegs plass in Bergen, . Grieghallen was named in honor of Bergen-born composer Edvard Grieg, who served as music director of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1880 until 1882. is situated 420 metres southwest of St George’s Church.

Church
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is a cathedral in the city of Bergen in Vestland county, . It is the episcopal seat of the Church of Norway's Diocese of Bjørgvin as well as the seat of the "Bergen domkirke" parish and the seat of the Bergen domprosti. is situated 260 metres northwest of St George’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brushytten and Sandviksfjellet.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a mountain in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, . It is one of the traditional seven mountains that surround the city centre of Bergen.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the city of in Vestland county, . It is located between the neighborhoods of Storetveit in the bourough of and Hop in the borough of Fana, on the eastern shore of the lake Nordåsvannet. is situated 6 km south of St George’s Church.

St George’s Church

Latitude
60.39174° or 60° 23′ 30″ north
Longitude
5.33275° or 5° 19′ 58″ east
Inception
1702
Operator
St. Jørgens Hospital stiftelse
Open location code
9FG798RM+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 486564090
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q7593126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“St George’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس جورج”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治堂”
  • Danish: “Sankt Jørgen Kirke”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس جورج”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Jørgen kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Jørgen kirkested”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. jørgens hospital”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Jørgen kyrkje”
  • Norwegian: “Sankt Jørgen kirke”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Jørgen kyrka”

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