{"id":13787,"date":"2026-03-22T10:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/?p=13787"},"modified":"2026-10-05T18:58:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:58:28","slug":"heddal-stabkirche-norwegen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/norway\/heddal-stave-church-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"Stabkirche Heddal, Norwegen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Heddal Stave Church is located in the village of Heddal, near the town of Notodden in southeastern Norway. It lies about 100 km southwest of Oslo and is easily accessible by road. Built in the early 13th century (around 1200\u20131250), Heddal is the largest stave church in Norway, a type of medieval wooden church constructed using a distinctive post-and-beam technique known as \u201cstave\u201d construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Kirche ist ber\u00fchmt f\u00fcr ihre einzigartige Architektur mit drei hohen, stufenf\u00f6rmigen T\u00fcrmen und einer komplexen Dachkonstruktion, die mit Drachenkopfschnitzereien verziert ist, die eine Mischung aus christlicher Symbolik und wikingerzeitlicher Kunsttradition widerspiegeln. Das \u00c4u\u00dfere besteht vollst\u00e4ndig aus Holz, das mit Teer behandelt wurde, um es vor rauen Witterungsbedingungen zu sch\u00fctzen. Im Inneren sind geschnitzte Holzs\u00e4ulen, mittelalterliche Verzierungen und gemalte Details zu sehen, die die religi\u00f6se Kunst des Mittelalters illustrieren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Besuch der Heddal-Stabkirche<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Im Inneren befinden sich ein reich geschm\u00fcckter Altar, eine Kanzel aus dem 17. Jahrhundert und Wandmalereien aus verschiedenen Epochen. Die Holzkonstruktion und die Handwerkskunst geben Einblick in mittelalterliche norwegische Bautechniken. In der Umgebung gibt es au\u00dferdem ein kleines Freilichtmuseum und ein Besucherzentrum, das die Geschichte und Bedeutung der Stabkirchen erkl\u00e4rt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heddal Stave Church can be reached by car from Oslo in about 1.5\u20132 hours via the E134 highway. Visitors traveling by public transport can take a train or bus to Notodden, followed by a short bus ride or taxi to the church, which is located about 5 km from the town center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2026 a ticket costs 110 NOK for adults and includes a short guided tour in Norwegian or English; tickets are sold in the caf\u00e9 next to the church. The church is open from mid-May to mid-September, usually from 10:00 to 16:00 and until 17:00 in July and early August; on Sundays with a service it opens around 12:15. A visit usually takes 1\u20132 hours, including time to explore both the interior and the surrounding grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Die<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Gestaffelte<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Vorderseite<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Norwegens gr\u00f6\u00dfte Stabkirche, eine Holzkirche aus dem 13. Jahrhundert bei Notodden mit gestaffelten D\u00e4chern und T\u00fcrmen; ge\u00f6ffnet Mitte Mai bis Mitte September.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1064,977,985],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-norway","category-architecture","category-churches"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16993,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13787\/revisions\/16993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotonmap.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}