Øye Church

Øye Church
Øye kyrkje

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Øye Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Øye Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°58′51″N 8°43′06″E / 62.9808°N 8.7183°E / 62.9808; 8.7183Coordinates: 62°58′51″N 8°43′06″E / 62.9808°N 8.7183°E / 62.9808; 8.7183
Location Surnadal Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Completed 1871
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Øye og Ranes
Deanery Indre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Øye Church (Norwegian: Øye kyrkje) is a parish church in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located between the two villages of Sylte and Skei. The church is one of two churches that make up the Øye og Ranes parish. The parish is part of the Indre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1871 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

There has been an "Øye Church" in the Sylte-Skei area for a long time. An Øye Church existed before 1589 when it was transferred administratively to the parish of Stangvik. In 1699 a new Surnadal parish was created and Øye Church was included in that new parish.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Øye kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  2. ↑ "Øye Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Surnadal kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  3. ↑ "Prestegjeld og sokn i Møre og Romsdal" (in Norwegian). Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway). Retrieved 2013-05-24.



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