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Never intended as a permanent structure, the site plan called for the wooden church to be offset from the planned location of the eventual cathedral. Superintendent Anders Prytz consecrated the new cathedral on August 10, 1633, and the stave church was disassembled shortly thereafter. The separate
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stood along the southwest corner of the stave church. It was capped with a small cupola and pointed spire. The stave church and tower are depicted on the oldest known drawing of the then new city of Gothenburg. The
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The church steeple was in the middle of the block adjacent to Kungsgatan (near the Kungsgatan entrance, through an iron fence, to today's cathedral square). Narrower than the main building, the
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was drawn up. Completed in 1621 on one of the city's first five blocks, bounded by the streets Kungsgatan, Västra Hamngatan, Kyrkogatan and Korsgatan, the
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Folke Reyde, "Brädekyrkan - Göteborgs första småkyrka" ("The stave church, Gothenburg's first church") in
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of Gothenburg was Sylvester Johannis Phrygius (d. 1628), formerly the pastor and superintendent of
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wooden church was about 16 metres long by 12 metres wide. Two extensions were recorded, likely a
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until 1643, when the cathedral tower was finished in and the old tower was finally demolished.
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had already been replaced with the first cathedral, depicted near the middle.
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bell tower, however, remained in use, even serving as a
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Gothenburg
stave church
Swedish
Gothenburg
city plan
stave church
Gothenburg Cathedral
superintendent
Skövde
bell tower
gable-roofed
choir
entry porch
municipal guard tower
City guard



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Göta älvs
57°42′16″N 11°57′52″E / 57.70444°N 11.96444°E / 57.70444; 11.96444
Categories
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1621
Churches in Gothenburg
History of Gothenburg
1621 in Sweden
Destroyed churches in Sweden
Buildings and structures demolished in the 17th century
1621 establishments in Sweden

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