Bakke Church (Trondheim) Bakke Church (Trondheim) Bakke Church () is a parish church in Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Bakklandet area of the city of Trondheim, and the church serves the Bakklandet, Møllenberg, Rosenborg, and Nedre Elvehavn areas of Østbyen in Trondheim. It is the church for the Bakklandet parish which is part of the Nidaros domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, octagonal, wooden church was built in 1715 and it was designed by the architect Johan Christopher Hempel (died 1729). The church seats about 400 people. It is the oldest building in the
Port of Ngqura paleo-channel that runs through the site and Jahleel Island that is situated 1 km off-shore. The paleo channel provides the opportunity to provide a deepwater port without the need to dredge large quantities of consolidated material, which results in huge savings in capital dredging. The environmental sensitivity (birdlife / penguin population) of Jahleel Island restricted any development within 500 m of the island. The position of the main breakwater had to be such that the required exclusion zone around Jahleel Island was adhered to. One of the coastal processes considered relevant during the design of the port was sediment transport.