The work took two years and the total cost amounted to more than 75 000 marks. On the King's birthday, 15 October 1843, the "flèche" with the date "1200" was raised. On 27 July 1844 Prince Frederick of the Netherlands together with huge crowds witnessed the consecration of ""Die Bergkirche unseres Erlösers zu Wang"" (The mountain church of Our Savior of Vang). The former owner J. C. Dahl was not present, but he was happy to know that his project had been realised. He was spared the burden of preserving only certain decorated elements, and pleased that "a fair likeness" had been rebuilt.