Nes Church (Telemark)
| Nes Church | |
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| Nes kyrkje | |
Øvre Telemark prosti | |
| Parish | Sauherad og Nes |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85106 |
Nes Church (
long church design around 1180 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 170 people.[1][2]
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1398, but the church was built long before that time. The church at Nes was first built around the year 1180, but at that time it consisted of simply the
annex chapel to the main Sauherad Church. The church was without a tower for several hundred years. In 1634, the church records refer to the construction of a small tower on top of the roof and later in 1663, the records indicate there were two clocks on the tower. In 1868, the current west tower was built out of wood and the small roof tower was removed. The new tower was large enough to include a church porch underneath it. The same year a wooden sacristy was added on to the east of the choir.[3][4]
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See also
References
- ^ "Nes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Nes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Nes kirke (Sauherad)". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
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