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25-574: The borough (originally the parish ) is named after the old Oddernæs farm ( Old Norse : Otruness ). The first part of the name comes from its location along the Otra river, and nes means peninsula , so the peninsula along the Otra river. Oddernes borough is divided up into four districts. Each district is also divided up into neighborhoods. Strømme Centrum is the largest urban centre in Oddernes, it

50-408: A bible camp there. Kristiansand Travpark is a racetrack located between the zoo and Sørlandsparken. Sørlandsparken is located in Oddernes. The industrial shopping park includes Norway's largest mall Sørlandssenteret with over 195 stores. Rona Mall is a local mall located at Rona, Søm. The mall includes a fitness center, dentist, pharmacy, grocery store and a hair salon. On top of the mall, there

75-613: A bit larger houses and has been criticized as an upper-middle-class neighborhood, especially Dvergsnes. Aside from the suburban areas in Tømmerstø, Randesund is mostly agricultural as one approaches Lillesand . Randesund has 2,000 people, of whom 7% come from a non-Norwegian background, the lowest percentagein Kristiansand and second to last on the list of most populated immigrant places in Kristiansand after Gimlekollen and before Flekkerøy . Søm mostly consists of neighborhoods from

100-515: A population of 4,000 of whom 18% come from a non-Norwegian background, meaning Hånes is the place in Oddernes with most immigrants, and the sixth most popular place for immigrants in Kristiansand after Tinnheia . Tveit is the largest part of the borough by area, but it also has the smallest population of only about 1,000 people. Tveit is home to most of the farms in Kristiansand and only a few residential neighborhoods like Hamresanden, Brattvollsheia, and Solsletta. Prestegjeld A prestegjeld

125-416: Is a retirement home. There is also two kindergartens in the centrum. Hamresanden is a centrum for the district of Tveit . It has a fast-food restaurant, a grocery store, a gas station and local stores along with Tveit Free Church. Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is located at Tveit and is the main airport serving Kristiansand and Southern Norway . In 2014 there were around 1 million travelers. The airport

150-504: Is apartments. Rona Mall is located off the highway E18 and besides County Road 401. Hånes Mall is a small local mall for the neighborhoods at Hånes, it is a part of an apartment building and has a grocery store and a hair salon. Hånes Mall is located in the neighborhood Vigvoll. Lauvåsen Mall is a mall with a fitness center and hair salon. It is located off Norwegian National Road 41 between Grovikheia and Landauvåsen . There are four churches in Oddernes. In Randesund, Randesund Church

175-510: Is believed to have been made in the 13th century. The baroque altarpiece is dated to around the year 1650. In 1814, this church served as an election church ( Norwegian : valgkirke ). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway . This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish

200-469: Is located in Søm and is the centrum for Søm and Randesund. There is Regional Psychiatric Centre there along with other health stations. Randesund Police Station, which is a police station for Oddernes. Søm Church is located there along with Randesund Free Church. Randesund IL has their football stadium there, next to an indoor swimming pool. Strømme School is an elementary school located there. Østbyen Dagsenter

225-489: Is not located in the Oddernes borough, but in the neighboring Lund borough with the University . The reason is that Lund was a part of the Oddernes municipality before it became a part of Kristiansand, and since then the borders of the boroughs have been re-drawn. Oddernes mostly consists of neighborhoods and farms. The Tveit area and large parts of Randesund are more agricultural, while the districts of Søm and Hånes and

250-402: Is served with domestic routes to some of Norway's largest cities and international routes to European cities and some charter flights to southern Europe. European route E18 is the main road and a highway, it goes through Oddernes from the neighbor municipality and county Lillesand , Aust-Agder . E18 goes past the zoo and Sørlandsparken, then between Hånes and Søm before exiting the borough on

275-485: Is surrounded by a cemetery . The historic structure is protected by law. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1379, but the church was likely built between the years 1050 and 1070. It is possible that there was a wooden stave church on the site prior to the construction of the stone building. The Romanesque stone church originally had a rectangular shape. The baptismal font in sandstone dated from 1250 to 1350. The Madonna figure

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300-474: The 1970s. Søm only has 10% non-Norwegian citizens and is one of the areas in Kristiansand with the lowest percentage of immigrants, despite being the most populated part of Oddernes with 9,000 people. Søm is a typical urban neighborhood of a city. Hånes also mostly consist of neighborhoods. Some of Norway's most expensive properties were sold on Hånestangen. Other than that, Hånes has a wide range of apartment buildings and typical Norwegian neighborhoods. Hånes has

325-706: The bridge Varoddbrua to Lund. Norwegian National Road 41 comes from Birkenes municipality and enters Kristiansand north in Tveit. The road also connects to the airport and ends with E18 at Timenes. County road 401 goes from E18 at Rona and through Søm and Randesund before exiting Kristiansand to Høvåg in Lillesand. In Lillesand County road 401 meets the County road 420 witch stars with Sørlandsparken in Kristiansand and ends in Arendal , Aust-Agder. County road 420 used to be

350-457: The capacity of 300 people and built by bricks, there is no graveyard with Hånes church. Tveit Church is the oldest church in Oddernes, it was built in 1100 by stone. In 1831, a tower was built on the top of the church and in 1867 a restaurant was built in the church. Tveit church has a capacity of 450 people, there is a graveyard with the church and it is a nave church. The church is located with Ryen of Norwegian National Road 41. Oddernes Church

375-531: The law was changed so that each diocese employed the priests within its areas. Between 2004 and 2012, the prestegjeld was phased out of the Church of Norway. The new structure replaced the prestegjeld with the already-existing deanery ( prosti ). The sokn (sub-parishes or congregations) are the basic units of the church and all of the sokn within each municipality in Norway forms a governing church council for

400-669: The municipality. The municipal church councils are part of a deanery and the deaneries are part of a diocese. Also in this reform, priests are now employed by the deaneries. Tveit Church (Vest-Agder) Tveit Church ( Norwegian : Tveit kirke ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway . It is located on the banks of the Tovdalselva , just outside

425-530: The neighborhoods of Tømmerstø and Hamresanden are all in the urban zone. Randesund includes large parts of the Southern Norway archipelago . It is also popular to have a cottage on the shore of Randesund. Populated islands off the shore of Randesund are Herøya and Randøya. Tømmerstø, Rabbesvik, Holte, Odderhei and Dvergsnes all fall within the part of Randesund known as Tømmerstø. This part of Randesund consists of typical Norwegian neighborhoods, but with

450-404: The old E18 before the new one opened in 2009. Buses in Oddernes is mostly served by routes 01, M1, M2, M3, 17, 18, 35, 36, 37, 100 and 139. These routes goes all day and extra in the rush hours, while the others goes only to certain times. Regional buses to Oslo stops at one stop in Oddernes, Håneskrysset, before continuing. Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park is the largest zoo in Norway and

475-400: The second most visited tourist attraction in Norway after Holmenkollen, Oslo. The park also includes a tivoli and a waterpark. There are some hotels located in the area for visitors. Abrahavn is a resort in the zoo. Randesund is a popular vacation area with a lot of cabins for rent at small islands or on the mainland. Hamresanden camping is a popular camping place with the beach. There is also

500-562: The village of Ryen in the district of Tveit in the borough of Oddernes in the northeastern part of the city of Kristiansand . It is the church for the Tveit parish which is part of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch- deanery ) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark . The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect . The church seats about 350 people. The church

525-461: Was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year. Over the years there have been several additions to enlarge the church. In 1827, a sacristy was built on the north side of the chancel . In 1831, the main entrance with a tower was added and the old entry porch

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550-471: Was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway ( Den Norske Kirke ) roughly equivalent to a parish . This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas that were led by a parish priest. Prestegjelds began in the 1400s and were officially discontinued in 2012. Prior to the discontinuation of the prestegjeld , Norway was geographically divided into 11 dioceses ( bispedømme ). Each diocese

575-424: Was built in 1864, it has a capacity of 450 people and is located at Frikstad. The church is built out of tree and there is a graveyard with the church. Søm Church was built in 2004. The windows was designed by Kjell Nupen and has a capacity of 400 people. The church was Kristiansand's "Thousand years building" since the construction started in the new millennium (Year 2000). Hånes Church was built in 1986, it has

600-425: Was further divided into deaneries ( prosti ). Each of those deaneries were divided into several parishes ( prestegjeld ). Each parish was made up of one or more sub-parishes or congregations ( sogn or sokn ). Within a prestegjeld , there were usually one or more clerical positions ( chaplains ) serving under the administration of a head minister ( sogneprest or sokneprest ). In 1838, the formannskapsdistrikt law

625-438: Was passed in Norway and it created civil municipalities that corresponded to the same borders as the ecclesiastical prestegjelds . Prior to that time there was no local government in Norway apart from the church's parishes. Today's municipalities have changed some, but their roots are all based on the prestegjeld. Historically, the government employed all the priests working in all of the prestegjelds across Norway. In 1989,

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