Ænes Church


Ænes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ænes. It is the church for the Ænes parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1200 using designs by an unknown architect. The church seats about 120 people.

History

The first church at Ænes was likely a stave church that was built around the year 1200. The church has a short, almost square nave measuring about and a narrower, almost square choir measuring about. There is a wooden bell tower on the west end of the stonre church. The church is built of natural stone, covered with plaster. The walls are about thick.
The Barony Rosendal was established in 1678 and the church was given as part of the barony. The church was owned by the Barony from 1678 until 1901 when it was sold to the parish. After the parish gained ownership of the church, it was renovated and it received new floors. The church was again renovated in the 1950s, led by the architect Kristian Bjerknes.

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