Balke Church

The Balke church is a high medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and a relatively short chancel with a semicircular end. In 1714 the old porch was demolished and the church was extended to the west. Originally, the nave had two narrow windows to the south, while the present windows appeared in 1822. Only the arched windows in the apse have their original shape.

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Key Features

  • Architecture
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Totenviken Church

Totenviken Church is a long church with a tower on the west side, built in brick in 1896. The church was extended with a new choir and a new sacristy in 1923. At the same time, the upper part of the tower was bricked up and given a new pyramid-shaped crown. The wall, which was originally made of unpolished red bricks, was plastered and painted.

Hoff Church

The Hoff church is a Romanesque brick church dedicated to the apostle Andrew. It was built of local cut sandstone, probably at the end of the 12th century. Originally, the church was in the form of a basilica with two longitudinal rows of columns that divided the church hall into three naves, the middle one having a higher ceiling than the naves. The tower, which rose above the centre of the roof, had as its foundations the choir wall and the first pair of pillars. The church burned down around 1500 and 1700. After the last fire, the church was heavily rebuilt and took the shape it has today.

Kapp Church

Kapp Church is a wooden church built in 1939 according to the plans of architect Henry Bucher. The most remarkable thing inside the church is the back wall in the choir. It shows the altarpiece painted by Henry Vik, son of electrician Vik at the Kapp Milk Factory. Henry had studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo under Axel Revold and Jean Heiberg. The other artistic decorations are two sculptures by Angelina Engelsen. They are located on either side of the church boat and represent the Sower and the Woman at the Well in Sykar.