Kors Church


Kors Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Marstein in the central part of the Romsdalen valley. It is the church for the Kors parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti in the Diocese of Møre. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1797 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 120 people.

History

The earliest known church in the Romsdalen valley is described as early as in 1497 when the church was located at Flatmark in the central Romsdalen valley. The old church was replaced during the 1660s with a new church. In 1797, this newer church was torn down and replaced by a timber-framed, cruciform church. The church was surrounded by a cemetery which, in turn, was surrounded by large, tall trees.
The church has served the residents of the inner Romsdalen valley for centuries from the 1400s onwards. After a long-standing controversy about the location of the future church, it was decided by a Royal Decree on 23 March 1901 that the Øverdalen Chapel would be built to serve the southern part of the valley. Moreover, the Kors Church would be moved farther to the northeast and it would serve the central part of the valley. So, in 1901, the church was moved and rebuilt about down the valley to Marstein where it is now located.

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