St George's Church, Bergen

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St George's Church, Bergen - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 60°23′30″N 5°19′58″E / 60.39175566837°N 5.332711637020°E

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St. George's Church
St. Jørgen kirke
Hospitalkirken
View of the church

60°23′30″N 5°19′58″E / 60.39175566837°N 5.332711637020°E / 60.39175566837; 5.332711637020
Location	Bergen, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Former parish church
Founded	15th century
Consecrated	1706
Architecture
Functional status	Inactive
Architectural type	Cruciform
Style	Baroque
Completed	1706 (318 years ago) (1706)
Specifications
Capacity	125
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery	Bergen domprosti
Parish	Bergen domkirke

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	87162

St George's Church, Bergen (Norwegian: Sankt Jørgen kirke) is a historic church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. This is also the site of the Leprosy Museum (Lepramuseet).^[1] Although it is no longer regularly used, it is one of the churches in the Bergen domprosti parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The green, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1706 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 125 people.^[2]^[3]

Overview

The complex is located on Kong Oscars gate, close to the central railway station, in the central part of the city of Bergen. The entire site, including the church, is now open to the public as a Leprosy museum which has been open to the public since 1970. The church remains consecrated and is kept in good order and condition. The church is no longer used as a regular parish church, but it is still used twice a month for English language worship services as well as occasional Swedish language services.^[4]

History

The church was originally the hospital chapel (Hospitalskirken) in Bergen. A leprosy hospital in Bergen was documented in 1411, and was run at that time by the nuns of Nonneseter Abbey in Bergen.^[5] It seems likely that this facility was the immediate forerunner of the hospital and church. The church initially just served the patients at the hospital, but eventually it became its own parish serving the surrounding parts of Årstad.^[5]^[6] The parish was also the base for chaplains at the nearby city prison, poor house, and home for widows.^[7]

The church burned down with the rest of the hospital in 1640. The church was rebuilt again after the Bergen citywide fire in 1702 when most of the city was burned to ashes. The church building was largely designed in late Baroque style. The present appearance of the church results from a major reconstruction of 1789–90.^[8]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).^[9]^[10] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.^[9]^[11]

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St Jørgens
St Jørgens courtyard
St Jørgens sanctuary
St Jørgens pulpit

References

^ "Sankt Jørgen kirke". Kunsthistorie. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "St. Jørgen hospitalkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Lepramuseet". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Bjørn Myrvang. "lepra". Store medisinske leksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "St. Jørgen hospital (Lepramuseet)". Medisinsk historie i Bergen. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Hospitalskirken" (in Norwegian). Bergen Byarkiv. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "Altertavlen i St. Jørgen kirke". bymuseet i bergen museene. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

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v t e Church of Norway churches in the Bergen domprosti in Vestland county, Norway
	Bergen Municipality: Bergen Cathedral Holy Cross Church St. James' Church St. George's Church St. John's Church St. Mary's Church Nykirken Laksevåg Church Loddefjord Church Nygård Church Olsvik Church Sandvik Church

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