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Herefoss Church

Coordinates: 58°31′23″N 8°21′01″E / 58.5230°N 08.3503°E / 58.5230; 08.3503
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Herefoss Church
Herefoss kirke
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Herefoss Church is located in Aust-Agder
Herefoss Church
Herefoss Church
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Herefoss Church is located in Norway
Herefoss Church
Herefoss Church
Herefoss Church (Norway)
58°31′23″N 8°21′01″E / 58.5230°N 08.3503°E / 58.5230; 08.3503
LocationBirkenes, Aust-Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated11 Oct 1865
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
StyleOctagonal
Completed1865
Specifications
Capacity200
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryVest-Nedenes prosti
ParishHerefoss

Herefoss Church (Template:Lang-no) 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.