Dolm Church

Dolm church
Dolm kirke
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°37′59″N 8°42′26″E / 63.6330°N 8.7072°E / 63.6330; 8.7072
Location	Hitra, Sør-Trøndelag
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical
History
Founded	1188
Significant events	Rebuilt in 1709, 1772, 1848, and 1920 after burning down in fires
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Style	Romanesque
Administration
Parish	Hitra
Deanery	Orkdal
Diocese	Diocese of Nidaros

Dolm church (Norwegian: Dolm kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located on the southern coast of the island of Dolmøya at Dolmvarden.

The white stone church was originally built in 1188 and was the main church on the island of Hitra. It was built in the Romanesque style with rounded arches and thick stone walls. The church has burned down many times, most recently in 1920. The church was rebuilt again during the 1920s, but the new Hitra church was built across the strait in Melandsjøen in 1927 and it became the new main church for the parish.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ "Dolm kirke" (in Norwegian). Orkdals prosti. http://www.orkdalsmenighetene.no/hitra/dolm_kirke.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-30. 
2. ^ Ekroll, Øystein (2004). "Dolm kirke på Hitra" (in Norwegian). http://home.online.no/~j-g-foss/ekroll1.html. Retrieved 2010-12-30.