Hillestad Church
Church in Vestfold, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hillestad Church (Norwegian: Hillestad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Holmestrand Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located at Hillestad, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the village of Sundbyfoss. It is one of the churches for the Botne parish which is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1724 using plans drawn up by unknown architect. The church seats about 140 people.[1][2]
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Hillestad kirke | |
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59°30′42″N 10°11′05″E | |
Location | Holmestrand Municipality, Vestfold |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 14th century |
Consecrated | 29 Sept 1724 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1724 (300 years ago) (1724) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 140 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Tunsberg |
Deanery | Nord-Jarlsberg prosti |
Parish | Botne |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84574 |
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