Eide Church | |
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Eide kirke | |
58°16′12″N 8°28′41″E / 58.2699°N 08.4781°E | |
Location | Grimstad Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 17 July 1825 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Cruciform |
Completed | 1796 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Vest-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Eide |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84068 |
Eide Church (Norwegian: Eide kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grimstad Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the village of Homborsund. It is the church for the Eide parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1796 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]