Sylling Church

Sylling Church
Sylling kirke
View of the church
Sylling Church
59°53′55″N 10°16′53″E / 59.89865°N 10.2815°E / 59.89865; 10.2815
LocationLier Municipality, Buskerud
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denomination
Catholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 12th century
Consecrated18 Feb 1852
Architecture
Functional status
Active
ArchitectChristian H. Malling
Architectural type
Long church
Completed1852 (174 years ago) (1852)
Specifications
Capacity305
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseTunsberg
DeaneryDrammen og Lier
ParishSylling
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85025

Sylling Church (Norwegian: Sylling kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lier Municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sylling. It is the church for the Sylling parish which is part of the Drammen og Lier prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1852 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian H. Malling. The church seats about 305 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1400, but the church was not built that year. The medieval church was dedicated to Saint Margaret and it was consecrated on 10 April, but the year is unknown. The romanesque stone church had a rectangular nave and a narrower, rectangular chancel. The church, like most other churches in Norway, was sold into private ownership during the Norwegian church sale in 1723 to help the King pay off war debts. The old church was demolished in 1851.

After the demolition of the old church, a new church was built on the same site and a lot of the old stone was reused in the construction of the new church. It is also believed that a runestone that was in the old church and which disappeared in 1851 during the construction work, was incorporated into the walls of the new nave. Plans for the church were drawn up by Christian H. Malling. The church was consecrated on 18 February 1852. The new building was a stone long church with a rectangular nave and apsidal choir. In the eastern part of the nave there are separate sacristies: priest's sacristy in the north and baptismal waiting room in the south. A bell tower was built in 1877 using drawings by Henrik Nissen. Stone from the former church has been used in the walls of the nave, while the choir and tower are built in brick. All of the walls are coated in plaster.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sylling kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Sylling kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Sylling kirke". Norske-Kirker.net (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 October 2026.