Gyland Church
| Gyland Church | |
|---|---|
| Gyland kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Gyland Church Location in of the church  Gyland Church Gyland Church (Norway) | |
| 58°24′41″N 6°47′30″E / 58.4115°N 06.7916°E | |
| Location | Flekkefjord, Agder |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | 1815 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
| Deanery | Lister prosti |
| Parish | Gyland |
Gyland Church (Norwegian: Gyland kirke) is a parish church in Flekkefjord municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located at Nuland, a few kilometers southwest of the village of Gyland. The church is part of the Gyland parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1815. It seats about 300 people.[1][2]
Location
There was an old church in Gyland for centuries. In 1815, it was replaced with the current Gyland Church. This newer church was bigger than the old one and it was built in a cruciform style. In 1929, the church building was moved from the village of Gyland to its current location in Nuland, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the former location. The main reason to move the church was that its new location was more central to the municipality of Gyland that existed at that time. In any case, the church needed major repairs, so something had to be done. The cemetery at the old church site obviously could not be moved and due to the location, it was not possible to establish a new cemetery the new location. Therefore, a new chapel was built at the old church site to serve the cemetery and the new church site is without a cemetery.
See also
References
- ^ "Gyland kirke, Nuland". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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