Köinge kyrka - Köinge, Sweden - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

Köinge church.
The church is believed to have been built during the latter half of the 13th century and had thick walls of natural stone and was externally whitewashed and lay oriented in the usual east-west direction. The actual church room was 29 cubits long and 12 cubits wide. This had been extended in 1537 with a chancel and sacristy on the eastern gable. In 1865, an armory was built on the west gable. The church lacked a tower, but instead had a free-standing belfry in the cemetery southwest of the church [1].

Before an extensive modernization in 1873 [2], the artist Severin Nilsson documented the church, and a painting of its interior from the time before this rebuilding of his hand hangs today (2011) in the church room [3]. The ceiling of the church was provided with pictures from the history of the Bible and there also hung a chandelier of wood [4]. In the middle of the 19th century, there was still a very high threshold between the coat of arms and the church, where new mothers fell to their knees to be "taken to church". Among the equipment can be mentioned the pulpit which was painted in gold, red, green, black and white on which i.a. stood "Aar 1589 S.A.B.". In addition, there is a Madonna image [5] carved in oak, along with some other loose objects [6]
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- Inside the church, there are seats to accommodate (170) people.
- The pulpit is made of wood in (No more info).
- There are two baptismal fonts, one is in black granite is from the 12th century and the other is in black greenstone is from the 14th century.
- There are 2 bells in the tower, (no more info).
- The organ with 10 steams was built-in 1896 by 1896 av Salomon Molander .

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1896 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Protestant If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: From: 11:00 AM To: 12:00 PM If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 11:12 AM Street address of Church: Köinge 119 Köinge, Halland Sverige 31161 Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed

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