The Best Attractions In Notodden Municipality

Norwegian Legacy - Episode 01: Heddal Stave Church

The great Norwegian Legacy saga starts in the municipality of Notodden, with a visit to Heddal, a village where the impressive Heddal Stave Church lies.

Wonders of the Norwegian past, stave churches are among the most cherished landmarks in Norway and Heddal is the largest of all of the ones that still stand today.

Hopperstad Stave Church / Stavkirke de Hopperstad (Norway/Norge)

(EN) Hopperstad Stave Church is a stave church, just outside the village of Vikøyri in Vik Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The church is currently owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. The two old parishes of Hopperstad and Hove was abolished in 1875, and replaced by the new, united, Vik parish. The new Vik Church was finished in 1877, and the two middle age churches of Hopperstad and Hove have sice then been museum churches. Vik parish is a part of Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
The stave church is assumed to have been built around the year 1130 and still stands at its original location. In 1997, a series of samples from the logs were collected for dendrochronological dating of the church. A total of seven samples produced an estimate for the construction ranging from 1034 to 1116 and resulted in no definite conclusion. The only possible conclusion is that this is one of the oldest stave churches still standing.
(Wikipedia).

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Wonderful view of Norway Rjukan - Drone Hiking

Rjukan is a town and the administrative centre of Tinn municipality in Telemark, Norway.

The inhabitants of Rjukan in southern Norway have a complex relationship with the Sun.

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Ringebu Stavkyrje / Ringebu Stave Church / Die Stabkirche zu Ringebu

(EN) Ringebu Stave Church is a stave church located in Ringebu in Ringebu municipality, Gudbrandsdal, Norway. Built in the first quarter of the 13th century, and dated according to coins found during archeologic surveys.
The church is first mentioned in 1270, although it could be older.
It was rebuilt into a cruciform church around 1630 by master-builder Werner Olsen and in 1631 received its characteristic red tower. Of the original church only the nave remains, with free-standing posts in the inner area.
Later restoration brought it back a bit closer to its original shape in 1921.
The church was painted in 1717, but only the lower half of the walls were done, since the ceiling at that time was lower. At one point the church was painted white within, but during the restoration work in 1921 the church interior was restored to its original colouring.
There have been some archaeological surveys of the ground under the church. The last one took place in 1980 - 1981. These surveys have resulted in the finding of about 900 old coins, mostly from the medieval times, especially from the period 1217 - 1263.
Post holes from an older church has also been found. The post church is assumed to be a forerunner of the stave church. The earth-bound posts of these churches were planted directly into the ground, and therefore they were exposed to humidity which caused them to rot over the years. (Wikipedia)

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