Birkenes Church

Birkenes Church
Birkenes kirke
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Birkenes Church
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Birkenes Church
Birkenes Church (Norway)
58°18′40″N 8°11′21″E / 58.3112°N 08.1892°E / 58.3112; 08.1892Coordinates: 58°18′40″N 8°11′21″E / 58.3112°N 08.1892°E / 58.3112; 08.1892
Location Birkenes, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 1 Dec 1858
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Style Cruciform
Completed 1858
Specifications
Capacity 650
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Birkenes
Deanery Vest-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Birkenes Church (Norwegian: Birkenes kirke) is a parish church in Birkenes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mollestad, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the municipal centre of Birkeland. The church is part of the Birkenes parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1858 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. It was constructed on the same site as the previous church. The present church seats about 650 people. It was consecrated on 1 December 1858 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Birkenes kirke, Birkenes". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-06-06.


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