The Hosanger Church is a long fortified church dating from 1796. The first time the Hosanger church is mentioned in the sources is in 1329. It was most probably a Stave church which was replaced at some unknown time. On Christmas Day 1795, lightning struck the church and it burned down. A new brick church was built in the same town the following year.
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Ostereidet church is a working church (arbeidskyrkje) from 1988. The architect for the building was Bengt Suleng at the architectural firm Einar Vaardal Lunde A / S.
The church in Hamre, built around 1640, has since been extended and the choir rebuilt in 1859. In 1867 the entire interior, with the exception of the choir ceiling, was repainted. The sacristy was built in 1948-49, while the tower may be original.
The Gjerstad church is a long church built in 1870-71. A 13th-century stave church was replaced by a wooden church in 1622, which was replaced by the present church in 1871. After a renovation in 1957, the church received a porch and two vestries.
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