Nesheim Church | |
Fullname: | Nesheim kyrkje |
Coordinates: | 60.7989°N 6.1555°W |
Location: | Vaksdal, Vestland |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Previous Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Parish: | Nesheim |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1908 |
Consecrated Date: | 17 Sep 1908 |
Architect: | Adolf Schirmer |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 120 |
Nesheim Church (Norwegian: Nesheim kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nesheim. It is the church for the Nesheim parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1908 using plans drawn up by the architect Adolf Schirmer (one source credits Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff). The church seats about 120 people.[1] [2]
The church was consecrated on 17 September 1908 by the Bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen. Originally the church had a small sacristy adjacent to the chancel, but in 1973, the old sacristy was enlarged.[3] [4]