Church | Cultural Heritage
Idd Church
Situated along Borgleden
Idd Church is a stone church in Romanesque style, built in the 12th century. The church is located about 5 kilometers from Halden city centre, and is located in a beautiful green landscape. It is likely that this area has housed people for many thousand years.
Address
Iddeveien 545, 1769 Halden
Phone
+47 69 17 95 30Open
By appointment and at Sunday services
Distance
On the trail
Not far from the church, there is a place called Hov. This name indicates that there probably was a religious centre here in pre-Christian times as well. On the other side of the stream, there are several Bronze Age rock carvings.
Idd Church has kept a baptismal font, a figurine of St. Michael and two crucifixes from the Middle Ages. In medieval times, people believed that the north side was the home of evil spirits. Therefore, there are no windows on the north side of Idd Church.
Photo: Jørgen Holten Jørgensen
