Stårheim Church

Stårheim Church is a wooden church completed in 1864. The church was built according to the plans of the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The first church in Stårheim, mentioned in 1338, probably dates from the first part of the 12th century. It was probably a stave church that stood around 1600. The stave church was replaced by a simple wooden church, which was later replaced by the present church.

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