The old church at Strandebarm
The old church at Strandebarm which Hans E.Kinck remembers from his childhood, was of the same type as the church at Holdhus. (unknown, owner: Riksantikvaren (ark nr. A274).
The Church and the Monastery
THE MOVING FORCE IN LOCAL SOCIETY
“I recall the church’s exterior, the black tar-clad timber walls with the black pan tiles; I remember it made a gloomy impression in the midst of the luxuriant greenery and up against Bergstonaas steep cliffs --- but of the inside I recall little. The pew frames were certainly high; I saw the painted wooden sculptures, and it seemed to me that there was a lot of white and light blue. But the interior space was incredibly filled with the play of light. For there were old tiny, blue and green and brown window panes set in lead. The light from above seeped secretly down on to the church pews on to people clad in blue and on to old, freshly shaved faces which were framed in a wreath of white hair and fisherman’s beard beneath the chin and on the throat. The sight of them struck me in the church. The blue and white once again.”
The church at Holdhus as it is situated in the beautiful cultural landscape in Hålandsdalen, dates from 1726, with remains from the Middle Ages stave church in the tower and the weapons store. (Svein Nord)
Middle Age churches in the county. “Fjording” churches are marked by underlining: Kinsarvik, Kvinnherad, Hamre and Voss. Fana Church corresponds to the “fjordung” churches in size and form but its early history is unclear. (map: Hans Emil Lidén).
Kollekthov fra Hamre kirke (eier: Riksantikvaren (ark nr. A268).
The stave church in Røldal was one of the most important churches of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages.(Svein Nord)
Ænes church on Mauranger fjord lies on an old family farm site. (Svein Nord).
A stone monument at Gjerde church in Etne. (Svein Nord).
The neo-Gothic 19th century church at Oppheim in Voss tells us of population growth and change in local society ("Parti ved Opheim, Vos", Knud Knudsen, owner: Picture collection, University Library in Bergen (KK 50)).
The stave church at Fantoft was moved here in 1883 from Fortun in Sogn. It burnt down on 6 June 1992 but has now been rebuilt. (photo: Svein Nord).
Nils Bergslien: “The church collection”. Many generations have followed each other in the Middle Ages church at Vossevangen, one of the county’s “fjordung” churches. (Phto: Voss Folk museum, in private ownership).
Hamre church on Osterøy is one of the “fjordung” churches in the county. It was built in the first half of the 17th century, and replaced an older stave church. It is one of the best preserved timber churches in western Norway which shows the rich decoration in 17th century church interiors.(Egil Korsnes).