Gyland Church

Gyland Church
Gyland kirke

View of the church
Gyland Church
Location in of the church
Gyland Church
Location in of the church
58°24′41″N 6°47′30″E / 58.4115°N 06.7916°E / 58.4115; 06.7916Coordinates: 58°24′41″N 6°47′30″E / 58.4115°N 06.7916°E / 58.4115; 06.7916
Location Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1815
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Gyland
Deanery Lister prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Gyland Church (Norwegian: Gyland kirke) is a parish church in Flekkefjord municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located at Nuland, a few kilometers southwest of the village of Gyland. The church is part of the Gyland parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1815. It seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Location

There was an old church in Gyland for centuries. In 1815, it was replaced with the current Gyland Church. This newer church was bigger than the old one and it was built in a cruciform style. In 1929, the church building was moved from the village of Gyland to its current location in Nuland, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the former location. The main reason to move the church was that its new location was more central to the municipality of Gyland that existed at that time. In any case, the church needed major repairs, so something had to be done. The cemetery at the old church site obviously could not be moved and due to the location, it was not possible to establish a new cemetery the new location. Therefore, a new chapel was built at the old church site to serve the cemetery and the new church site is without a cemetery.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gyland kirke, Nuland". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-09-12.


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