Öjeby Church
Also known as Piteå landsförsamlings kyrka, Piteå landskyrka, Öjeby kyrka, Öjeby kyrkan, Öjebyn church
1500
Gothic
church
A medieval stone church with origins around 1500 in Öjebyn, the historic predecessor settlement to modern Piteå. Three medieval vaults survive from the original structure, making it one of the oldest stone buildings in the region. Located…
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- 1751-1752
The medieval hall church had grown too small for the parish, so two transept arms were added in 1751 and 1752, turning the plan into a cross. The master mason Gottfried Franck supplied the drawings and his journeyman Daniel Hagman ran the…
Gottfried Franck
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- Skogsfrun · CC BY-SA 4.0
- not provided · Public domain
- H. Andersson · Public domain
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