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Berg is a former parish and municipality which now forms part ofHalden municipality inØstfold county,Norway. The rural municipality was (together withIdd) was merged with the city ofHalden on 1 January 1967.[1]
Berg was the main parish in a district which includedRokke and Halden until 1721. Halden subsequently became the main parish in the district. By a royal proclamation in 1769, Berg became the head of its own district with Rokke andAsak as annexes. The parish of Berg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (seeformannskapsdistrikt). TheØstfold Line was built through Berg in 1879 andBerg Station was opened to serve it.[2]
The municipality (originally the parish) was named after the farm Berg (Old NorseBerg), since the first church was built on its ground. The name is identical with the wordberg meaning 'rocky hill; mountain'.
Berg stone church (Berg steinkirke) dates from ca. 1100. The edifice is in Romanesque style and built of brick with natural stone in the corners. The medieval era building has an oblong nave and a smaller square choir. The pulpit is from 1592. In the nave hangs a painting of theCrucifixion and a copy of an epitaph on a plaque from 1601. The original is located at theNorwegian Museum of Cultural History. To the right of the choir hangs a tablet with figures of thetwelve apostles dating from the 1600s. After a new church was built on the site in 1878, the old medieval church was partially demolished in 1882. The church was rebuilt in 1970.[citation needed]
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