Kirkegrenda is a village in the municipality of

Rygge Rygge was a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It was merged into Moss, Norway, Moss municipality on January 1, 2020. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rygge. Ryg ...

Østfold Østfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in southeastern Norway. It borders Akershus and southwestern Sweden (Västra Götaland County and Värmland), while Buskerud and Vestfold are on the other side ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. Its population ( SSB 2005) is 294. The village was built up around Rygge Church (''Rygge kirke''), hence the name Kirkegrenda which means church hamlet. Rygge church is a medieval era church. The church belongs to Vestre Borgesyssel deanery in Diocese of Borg. Rygge church is one of the county's better preserved medieval stone churches. The Romanesque church was built around the year 1170. Rygge church was originally a chapter church, which had income from a larger area than a parish and contained several villages. The building material is stone and brick. The building is characterized by the use of large stones, partly of granite, with parts of the facade carved, including large parts of the north portal. It has long nave and lower and narrower choir. The church was restored in 1967.

Rygge Church Gallery

Altertavle Rygge.jpg, Altarpiece Door Rygge kirke.jpg, Side door Font Rygge kirke.jpg, Baptismal font Rygge kirke 20080511-8.jpg, Former archway File:Crucifix Rygge church.jpg, Crucifix

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Rygge kirke (kunsthistorie)
Villages in Østfold Rygge {{Østfold-geo-stub