Sira Church / Eresfjord Church | |
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Sira kyrkje / Eresfjord kyrkje | |
62°39′58″N 8°06′48″E / 62.66624135°N 8.1133614778°E | |
Location | Molde Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 14th century |
Consecrated | 29 September 1869. |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian H. Grosch |
Architectural type | Octagonal |
Completed | 1869 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 307 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
Deanery | Molde domprosti |
Parish | Eresfjord |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85434 |
Sira Church or Eresfjord Church (Norwegian: Sira kyrkje/Eresfjord 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 Eresfjord. It is the church for the Eresfjord parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in a neo-Gothic style in 1869 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian H. Grosch. The church seats 307 people.[1][2]