Herefoss Church

Herefoss Church
Herefoss kirke
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Herefoss Church
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Herefoss Church
Herefoss Church (Norway)
58°31′23″N 8°21′01″E / 58.5230°N 08.3503°E / 58.5230; 08.3503Coordinates: 58°31′23″N 8°21′01″E / 58.5230°N 08.3503°E / 58.5230; 08.3503
Location Birkenes, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 11 Oct 1865
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Style Octagonal
Completed 1865
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Herefoss
Deanery Vest-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Herefoss Church (Norwegian: Herefoss kirke) is a parish church in Birkenes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Herefoss, at the northern end of the Herefossfjorden, just west of the Norwegian National Road 41. The church is part of the Herefoss parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1865 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 200 people. It was consecrated on 11 October 1865 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe. This is the third church at Herefoss, but the other two were located a little closer to the lake. That site was prone to flooding, so the present church was moved further from the shoreline.[1][2]

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References

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


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