Sira Church (Nesset)

Sira Church / Eresfjord Church
Sira kyrkje / Eresfjord kyrkje

View of the church
Sira Church / Eresfjord Church

Location in Møre og Romsdal

62°39′59″N 8°06′49″E / 62.6663°N 8.1135°ECoordinates: 62°39′59″N 8°06′49″E / 62.6663°N 8.1135°E
Location Nesset Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Style Octagonal
Completed 1869
Specifications
Capacity 307
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Eresfjord
Deanery Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Sira Church or Eresfjord Church (Norwegian: Sira kyrkje/Eresfjord kyrkje) is a parish church in Nesset Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eresfjord. The church is part of the Eresfjord parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1869. The church seats around 307 people.[1][2]

History

There was a stave church in Eresfjord in the Middle Ages, but that church was torn down and replaced with a new cruciform church around 1710. That church stood until 1868 when it was then later replaced with the current octagonal church.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Sira kyrkje, Eresfjord". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
  3. "Sira kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett: Møre og Romsdal. Retrieved 2013-05-26.