Stødle Church
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but the church was not new that year. The original stone church had a rectangular nave and a narrower, rectangular chancel. This building was likely built around the year 1160. It is believed that the church may have originally been a private church for the family of Erling Skakke, a Norwegian Jarl, who lived in Stødle during the 12th century.
In the early 1600s (possibly in 1615), the old stone church was enlarged by adding a new stave church wooden addition to the west end of the building. The new addition became the new nave. The old nave was then redesigned as a choir and the old choir became a sacristy. In 1690, the old wooden nave was torn down and a new, larger timber-framed nave was built on the same site. This construction project was built by Askild Tepstad and Erik Eide.
The church was purchased by J.F. Tuchsen during the Norwegian church sale in 1723, when the King sold many churches to pay for the expenses from the Great Northern War. After several different private owners, the church was purchased by the parish in 1860 and was no longer privately owned. In 1879, a new church porch with a tower above it was built on the west end of the building. In 1957–1958, the church underwent a major renovation, which included widening the church porch located under the tower to add a sacristy and a bathroom.
See also
References
- ^ "Stødle kyrkje, Etne". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Stødle kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ Hoff, Anna Marte. "Stødle kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Stødle kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 November 2021.