Tveit Church, Vest-Agder

Tveit Church
Tveit kirke
View of the church
Tveit Church
Location in of the church
Tveit Church
Tveit Church (Norway)
58°13′42″N 8°07′17″E / 58.2283°N 08.1214°E / 58.2283; 08.1214Coordinates: 58°13′42″N 8°07′17″E / 58.2283°N 08.1214°E / 58.2283; 08.1214
Location Kristiansand, Vest-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Unknown
Style Romanesque
Completed c. 1100
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Tveit
Deanery Kristiansand prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Tveit Church ({{lang-no|}) is a parish church in Kristiansand municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located just outside the village of Ryen in the district of Tveit in the borough of Oddernes in the northeastern part of the city of Kristiansand. The church is part of the Tveit parish in the Kristiansand arch-deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The church seats about 350 people and is located on the backs of the Tovdalselva. The historic structure is protected by law.

The white, stone church was built between 1050-1070. The Romanesque stone church originally had a rectangular shape. Additional structures were added during the 1800s. The tower was added in 1831. In 1867, the wooden extensions were added to the west. The baptismal font in sandstone dated from 1250-1350. The Madonna figure is believed to have been made in the 13th century. The baroque altarpiece dated to ca. 1650. [1] [2] [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tveit kirkested Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Tveit kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  3. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Tveit kirke" (in Norwegian). Tveit menighet. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.