Erska Church

Erska Church (Swedish: Erska kyrka) is a church in Sollebrunn, Västergötland, Sweden. Erska Church stands on a hill near the town center.[1] The first medieval church on the site was made of wood, and was probably destroyed by the Danes during the wars in the early 1600s. It was replaced by a stone church around 1630, funded by Count Johan Casimir Lejonhufvud of Raseborg. This church had a wooden bell tower and a bell dated to 1689. The bell was recast in 1784.

The current church, designed by Emil Viktor Langlet,[1] was built from 1885 to 1886 in the Byzantine style in a hexagonal shape, with a central tower above the nave. The facades are whitewashed. The older church was demolished around 1888. In 1939, work began preserving and strengthening the chapel.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Erska kyrka (in Swedish)". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  2. ↑ "ERSKA KYRKA" (in Swedish). Bebyggelseregistret.raa.se. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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