Herdla Church is a parish church in Askøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located the small island of Herdla. The church is part of the Herdla parish in the Vesthordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.HistoryFirst churchThe oldest written accounts of this church on Herdla is a letter from Pope Eugenius III in 1146 that mentions "St. Nicholas's Church on Herdla" Ecclesiam sancti Nicholai de hardle. The church was consecrated Saint Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors. The church had similarities with Moster Church and Kinn Church, both stone churches without towers. The church belonged under Munkeliv monastery in the nearby city of Bergen. The monastery was founded by King Øystein I Magnusson around 1110. Herdla Church began as a stone church in simple Romanesque style, but was later rebuilt in Gothic style with pointed arches.
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