Sylte Church

Sylte Church (Norwegian: Sylte kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valldal, which is also known as Sylte. It is one of the two churches for the Norddal parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1863 by the architect Nils Andersen Liaaen. The church seats about 350 people.[1][2]

Sylte Church
Sylte kyrkje
View of the church
Sylte Church
Location of the church
Sylte Church
Sylte Church (Norway)
62.2978°N 7.2637°E / 62.2978; 7.2637
LocationFjord Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded15th century
Consecrated5 Nov 1863
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Nils Liaaen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1863
Specifications
Capacity350
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishNorddal
DeaneryNordre Sunnmøre prosti
DioceseMøre

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but the church existed earlier. Very little is known about the location of the original stave church, but around 1620, the building was taken down and moved across the fjord and rebuilt on the site of the Norddal Church. For a time, there was no church in Sylte. In 1812, a small chapel located at Døving, just upriver from Sylte, was moved to Sylte and it became the new Sylte Church. In 1860, residents began talking about building a larger church in Sylte to serve the growing population. In 1863, a new church was completed on the same site as the older (smaller) church.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Sylte kyrkje, Valldal". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  3. "Sylte kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
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