Hidra Church

Hidra Church
Hidra kirke
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Hidra Church
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Hidra Church
Hidra Church (Norway)
58°13′38″N 6°32′18″E / 58.2272°N 06.5384°E / 58.2272; 06.5384Coordinates: 58°13′38″N 6°32′18″E / 58.2272°N 06.5384°E / 58.2272; 06.5384
Location Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed 1854
Specifications
Capacity 700
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hidra
Deanery Lister prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Hidra Church (Norwegian: Hidra kirke) is a parish church in Flekkefjord municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kirkehamn on the island of Hidra. The church is part of the Hidra parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The octagonal, white, wooden church was built in 1854 using plans by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 700 people. A church has been located on this site since the year 1354 or earlier.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Hidra kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-09-12.



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