Vegusdal Church

Vegusdal Church is a parish church in Birkenes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Engesland, just off of the Norwegian County Road 405. The church is part of the Vegusdal parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1867 by the architect Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe. The church seats about 350 people. It was consecrated on 23 June 1867 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe, the father of the architect who built the church.
There has been a church in Vegusdal since the middle ages. Originally, the church was located about 8 kilometres to the northeast at the Vegusdal farm. There were two different buildings at that site over the years. In 1867, the new church was built in Engesland because that was more of the centre of Vegusdal. In 1974, a small chapel was built at the old church site next to the old cemetery.

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