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Kornstad Church is a long wooden church, consecrated in 1871. The Kornstad church replaced a 14th-century stave church that was demolished in 1871. The builder Gustav O. Olsen from Trondheim was commissioned to build the new church.

The Korop Synagogue is a 19th-century Ashkenazi synagogue. The neo-gothic brick building is today used as an office building.

Korppoo Church, also called St. Michael's Church, was built in the 1430s or 1440s. The entrance on the north side shows that the bell tower of the five-storey church was used as a defensive tower. When the church was restored between 1952 and 1953, a large number of medieval wall paintings that had been repainted in the 17th century appeared.

In the 19th century, a soap factory was located in the building at Hoogstraat 18. When the soap factory was closed, the Mennonite community bought the building. And after the completion of their new church in 1889, they sold the building again to the Salvation Army. It was officially put into use as a corps hall on 13 July 1889. That date is also the date of birth of the Middelburg Corps of the Salvation Army. This building was seriously damaged in the Second World War. An emergency building was used at that time. In 1960, a new and more spacious building was put into use at Gravenstraat 8. Temporary and more spacious accommodation was then found in the former church at Kerklaan 19 in West Souburg.

Salvation army building.

The church in Kors was built on Flatmark in 1797 and was moved to Monge in 1902. The church has an exterior outline similar to that of a cruciform church and is built of wood. The reason why the church was moved from Flatmark is that a royal resolution of 23 March 1901 divided the parish of Kors into two, Medalen and Øverdalen.

Korshamn chapel is a wooden building completed in 1906. The architect of the chapel is Arne Abrahamsen.

The Korsnes church is a long church dating from 1889. The church in Korsnes was originally built as a chapel on Kjøpsnes in the 1720s. In 1791 the chapel was moved to Hulløya, and was brought back from Hulløya to Kjøpsnes in 1838. It was later restored and enlarged. In 1885 Tysfjord County Council decided to build a new church in Kjøpsnes and move the existing church to Korsnes.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to the Lo Tishkakh database, the oldest tombstone dates to 1830. However, the oldest tombstone found by the ESJF survey team dates to the late 19th century. As such the cemetery was most likely founded in that period. It first appears on a Russian map of the region from 1923. The fence was erected by ESJF in 2015.

The cemetery’s establishment date is unknown. During World War II, by order of the German authorities, some tombstones were used to pave the roads. The cemetery fell into further disrepair in the post-war years. In the 1983 cemetery records, in the “User comments” section, the following is written: “Carrying out renovation works is not recommended. For economic reasons it is proposed to use the area as a pasture for cattle.” In 2016, the ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative fenced the cemetery.