Eidanger Church | |
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Eidanger kirke | |
59°07′07″N 9°41′57″E / 59.1185528°N 9.699109°E | |
Location | Porsgrunn Municipality, Telemark |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 1150 |
Consecrated | c. 1150 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | c. 1150 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Skien prosti |
Parish | Eidanger |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84065 |
Eidanger Church (Norwegian: Eidanger kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eidanger. It is one of the churches for the Eidanger parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2]