Horg Church

Horg Church (Norwegian: Horg kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Melhus in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the southern side of the village of Lundamo, just east of the European route E6 and the Gaula River.

The wooden church was built in 1892 by the architect Carl J. Bergstrøm. The building holds 700 people. The church is part of the Horg parish in the Gauldal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

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Horg

Horg is a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Lundamo. Horg encompasses the southern part of the present-day municipality of Melhus on both sides of the Gaula River. The main church for the area was Horg Church.

History

The municipality of Horg was established as a municipality in 1841 when the municipality of Støren was divided into Horg, Støren, and Soknedal. The initial population of the new municipality of Horg was 2,374. On 1 January 1964, Horg was merged with Flå, Hølonda, Melhus, and part of Buvik to form a new, larger municipality of Melhus. Prior to the merger, Horg had a population of 2,560.

Name

The municipality was named after the old Horg farm (Old Norse: hǫrgr), since the first church was built there. The name comes from the word meaning "steep rock", since there is a steep cliff just east of the farm.

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