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Kärsämäen kirkko

Kärsämäki, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland

The record

Type
Nationally significant built cultural environment (RKY)
Elements (as the agency lists them)
hautausmaa, kellotapuli, kirkko
Character (as the agency lists it)
kirkonkylä
Municipality
Kärsämäki
Region
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Country
Finland
Coordinates
63.97943, 25.76840
Pin
Placed by TreeAlive at the centre of the largest area the agency maps
RKY number
1322

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The Finnish Heritage Agency's description

Kärsämäen kirkko on arkkitehti C.L. Engelin piirtämä ja kuuluu Intendentinkonttorissa Engelin johdolla 1800-luvun alussa kehitettyyn ristikirkkojen ryhmään.

Empiretyylinen puukirkko on pohjakaavaltaan tasavartinen ristikirkko, jossa sakaristo on kuorin takana itäisessä ristivarressa. Ulkoseinien jäsentely pilastereineen ja palkistoineen noudattaa tarkoin doorilaista järjestelmää.

Kirkkosalissa hirsiseinät ovat sileiksi piilutut ja ristikeskuksessa on särmikäs kasetoitu keskikupoli. Kuoriseinällä on näyttävä klassillinen alttarilaite.

Kaksikerroksinen tapuli on rakennettu 1842 E.B. Lohrmannin suunnitelman mukaan. Kellotapuli liittyy kirkon länsipäähän kapean sillan avulla.

Pyhäjoen emäseurakunnan kappeliksi 1764 perustettu Kärsämäki itsenäistyi 1857. Sen edellinen, 1764 rakennettu kirkko purettiin vanhuuttaan ränsistyneenä 1841.

Kirkko rakennettiin arkkitehti C.L. Engelin Intendentinkonttorissa 1828 laatiman piirustuksen mukaan 1842. Samanaikaisesti rakennetun tapulin piirustus on vuodelta 1841. Kirkon ulkovuoraus valmistui 1878. Engel pyrki luomaan yksinkertaisen syrjäseudun puukirkkotyypin, jossa satulakattoista ristikirkkoa korostettiin vain pienellä lanterniiinilla.

Sisäänkäyntien eteishuoneet lisättiin 1926. Kirkko korjattiin ensimmäisen kerran perusteellisesti lääninarkkitehti G. Strandbergin suunnitelman mukaan 1938, jolloin uusittiin mm. tiilikate ja kirkkosalin penkit. Kirkkoa korjattiin 1992 (Arkkitehtitoimisto Klemolat Ky).

Esko Eskola, Kärsämäen seurakunnan historia. Oulu 1946.

Ville Lukkarinen, Intendentinkonttorin kirkkoarkkitehtuuri. Carl Ludvig Engel 1778-1840. Näyttelyluettelo 1990.

Pohjois-Pohjanmaan kulttuurihistoriallisesti merkittävät kohteet. Osa 3. Pohjois-Pohjanmaan seutukaavaliitto 1993.

English translation (from the Finnish)

The text above is the record as published by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto), in Finnish. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto); it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Kärsämäki church was drawn by architect C.L. Engel and belongs to the group of cross churches developed under Engel's direction at the Intendentinkonttori in the early 19th century.

The Empire-style wooden church is a cross church with equal arms in plan, in which the sacristy lies behind the chancel in the eastern transept arm. The articulation of the outer walls, with pilasters and entablature, follows the Doric order closely.

In the nave the log walls are planed smooth, and the crossing has an angular coffered central dome. The chancel wall has an impressive classical altar fitting.

The two-storey bell tower was built in 1842 according to a plan by E.B. Lohrmann. The bell tower is connected to the western end of the church by a narrow bridge.

Kärsämäki, founded in 1764 as a chapel of the Pyhäjoki mother parish, became independent in 1857. The earlier church, built in 1764, was demolished in 1841 after falling into disrepair with age.

The church was built in 1842 according to a drawing prepared by architect C.L. Engel at the Intendentinkonttori in 1828. The bell tower, built at the same time, is dated by its drawing to 1841. The outer cladding of the church was completed in 1878. Engel aimed to create a simple wooden church type for a remote rural area, in which the saddle-roofed cross church was emphasised only by a small lantern.

The vestibules at the entrances were added in 1926. The church was first thoroughly repaired in 1938 following a plan by provincial architect G. Strandberg, when among other things the tile roof and the nave benches were renewed. The church was repaired again in 1992 (Arkkitehtitoimisto Klemolat Ky).

Descriptions are shown with the written permission of the Finnish Heritage Agency and reproduced unchanged. Locations come from its open spatial data; pins are placed by TreeAlive. Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto) · Spatial data: CC BY 4.0
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