Vatnås kirke

Vatnås Church is a small cross church with a turret in the centre of the cross plan and an open annex in front of the west portal. The year of construction of the church cannot be determined exactly, as the church accounts are not preserved. Based on information from the parish priest Bernhoft in 1745 and the inscriptions on the church and its furnishings, the date of construction has been fixed at around 1660. The interior was restored in 1947-48 with much of its original furniture and appearance.

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Key Features

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Lyngdal kirke

Lyngdal Church of 1690 was originally a long church with a rectangular nave and a narrower straight chancel to the east. In the 1730s the church was extended and the chancel and the east wall of the old nave were demolished. The nave was incorporated as the western part of a new cruciform church. A sacristy was built on the north side of the new chancel and a turret was placed over the centre of the cross plan. The interior of the 1730s renovation is well preserved and contains several pieces of 17th-century furniture.

Holmen Church

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Bingen Chapel

The Bingen Chapel is a long wooden church dating from 1924 and designed by Alfred Christian Dahl. The altarpiece is decorated with the motif "Jesus i Getsemane" and was made by August Klogstad in 1927. The organ is from 1951.