Eide Church (Aust-Agder)

Eide Church
Eide kirke
View of the church
Eide Church
Location in of the church
Eide Church
Eide Church (Norway)
58°16′12″N 8°28′41″E / 58.2699°N 08.4781°E / 58.2699; 08.4781Coordinates: 58°16′12″N 8°28′41″E / 58.2699°N 08.4781°E / 58.2699; 08.4781
Location Grimstad, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Unknown
Style Cruciform
Completed 1795
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Eide
Deanery Vest-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Eide Church (Norwegian: Eide kirke) is a parish church in Grimstad municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eide. The church is part of the Eide parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1795 and it seats about 250 people. This is the third church to stand on this site.[1][2]

History

The first church in Eide was probably a stave church that was built before the year 1349. At some point during the 17th century it was torn down and replaced with a second church. Not much is known about that church. It was torn down in 1795 and it was replaced with the present church. The present timber-framed church was put into use in 1795, but was not officially considered completed until 1806.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Eide kirke, Grimstad". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Eide kirke" (in Norwegian). Grimstad kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2017-11-11.


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