Tveit Church (Agder)
| Tveit Church | |
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| Tveit kirke | |
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  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 | |
| 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 | |
| Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
| Deanery | Kristiansand prosti |
| Parish | Tveit |
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]
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Parsonage
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See also
References
- ^ Tveit kirkested Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage Retrieved 2017-02-12.
- ^ "Tveit kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ "Tveit kirke" (in Norwegian). Tveit menighet. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
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