Nesset Church

Nesset Church (Norwegian: Nesset kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eidsvåg. It is the church for the Nesset parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1878 by the architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

Nesset Church
Nesset kyrkje
View of the church
Nesset Church
Location of the church
Nesset Church
Nesset Church (Norway)
62.7775°N 8.0700°E / 62.7775; 8.0700
LocationMolde Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded16th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Johannes Henrik Nissen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1878
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishNesset
DeaneryIndre Romsdal prosti
DioceseMøre

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church for the Nesset parish date back to 1589, but there are records of the archbishop visiting the parish back to 1426. The original church was located at the village of Rød, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the present location of the church. The main body of the old church was about 15.9 by 8 metres (52 ft × 26 ft) that was a stave church design and it had a choir and sacristy that were timber-framed. In the 1870s, the parish decided to move the church a few kilometers to the east, to the village of Eidsvåg, the municipal centre. A new church was constructed there in 1878 (the present church). The old church at Rød was torn down in 1885.[3][4]

  • Location of the old "Rød" church

See also

References
  1. "Nesset kyrkje, Eidsvåg". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  3. "Rød kirkested - Nesset gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  4. "Nesset kirkested / Nesset kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
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