Vistdal Church

Vistdal Church (Norwegian: Vistdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myklebostad. It is the church for the Vistdal parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1869 using plans by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 270 people.[1][2]

Vistdal Church
Vistdal kyrkje
View of the church
Vistdal Church Location of the church Vistdal Church Vistdal Church (Norway)
62.7206°N 7.9357°E
Location	Molde Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	15th century
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1869
Specifications
Capacity	270
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Vistdal
Deanery	Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese	Møre

History

View of the church c. 1885

During the middle ages, there was a stave church in the Vistdal valley, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Myklebostad (at Nerland). The earliest known records of that church date back to 1494, but there are records of the parish that date back to 1432.

In 1660, a new church was built at Myklebostad, a few kilometers north of the existing church. The new cruciform church replaced the old church, but the old church was not torn down until about 1668. Around the middle of the 1800s, the church was deemed to be too small for the parish.

In 1869, a new church (the present church) was built to replace the older one. The new church was built just outside the existing cemetery to the south of the old church.[3][4][5]

See also

• List of churches in Møre

References

1. "Vistdal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
3. "Vistdal kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett: Møre og Romsdal. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
4. "Vistdal kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
5. "Nerland kirkested - Vistdal gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-06-30.