Birkenes Church

Birkenes Church
Birkenes kirke
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58°18′40″N 8°11′21″E / 58.3112°N 08.1892°E / 58.3112; 08.1892Coordinates: 58°18′40″N 8°11′21″E / 58.3112°N 08.1892°E / 58.3112; 08.1892
Location	Birkenes, Aust-Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	1 Dec 1858
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Style	Cruciform
Completed	1858
Specifications
Capacity	650
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Birkenes
Deanery	Vest-Nedenes prosti
Diocese	Agder og Telemark

Birkenes Church (Norwegian: Birkenes kirke) is a parish church in Birkenes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mollestad, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the municipal centre of Birkeland. The church is part of the Birkenes parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1858 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. It was constructed on the same site as the previous church. The present church seats about 650 people. It was consecrated on 1 December 1858 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe.^[1][2]

Media gallery

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  Historic view of the church
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  Entrance to the church
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  Side view of the church
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  Main doors of the church
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  Gravestone from 1689 found in the floor of the old church that was torn down in 1858.

See also

• List of churches in Aust-Agder

References

Church of Norway churches in the Vest-Nedenes deanery, Aust-Agder county, Norway
	Birkenes municipality: Birkenes Herefoss Vegusdal Grimstad municipality: Eide Fevik Fjære Grimstad Landvik Østerhus Lillesand municipality: Høvåg Justøy Lillesand Vestre Moland