Octagonal churches

Select images of Octagonal churche buildings. An octagonal church has an octagonal (eight-sided polygon) architectural plan. This category also includes shapes that are not regular octagons (i.e., not necessarily equiangular or equilateral), as well as buildings with extensions (choir, porch, narthex) that depart from the purely octagonal shape.

By country or region

Germany and the Netherlands

The large barock church (1756) i Rellingen, Schleswig-Holstein
Relling church ceiling
Rellingen coat of arms showing the church
Katharinenkirche i Großenaspe (1772), Schleswig-Holstein
Plan of St. Johannis Church (lutheran, 1732) i nVlotho, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Oostkerk (1668), Middelburg, Netherlands.
Hervormde Kerk in Willemstad is an early protestant church building.
Floor of Nieuw Kerk in Haag, several octagonal sections
«Zum Friedefürsten» (1737), Klingenthal.
The Octagon in Aachener Dom

Nordic and Baltic countries

Octagonal central building (1688) in Järlåsa, Sweden
Kungsäter church (1881), Sweden
Hedvig Eleonora church (1737) i Stockholm
Viksjö Church, Angermannland, Sweden
Church in Ruotsinpyhtää (1771), Finland
Heinola church (1811), Finland
Rengon/Renko Church (1550), Finland
Auðkúlu church, Iceland
Narva Alexander's Cathedral (1884), Estonia

USA and United Kingdom

Floki's Church (1911) Armstrong, MO
Tattie Kirk (1806), Scotland
Dreghorn and Springside Parish Church (1780), Scotland
St James's Church (1821), Teignmouth, England
Yarm Methodist Church (1763), Yarm, England
St. John's Methodist Church (1772), Arbroath, Scotland
Methodist Church McBee (1842), Conestee, South Carolina
Holy Ghost Catholic Church (1894), Kula, Hawaii
Follen Church (1839), Lexington, Massachusetts
en:Union Chapel (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
Falcon Tabernacle, North Carolina
Former 7th Church of Christ Scientist, Seattle, Washington, built 1926, now Church of Christ, irregular octagon.
Vereins Kirche, 1847 (rebuilt 1936), Fredericksburg, Texas

Italy

Santo Stefano, Bologna
Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro (1100s), Pisa
St Chiara, Vicenza
Chiesa di Sant'Orsola (barock, 1600s), Mantova
San Flaviano (early 1500s), Giulianova

Other countries

Iglesia de Santa María de Eunate (romansk, 1100-tallet), Muruzábal, Navarra.
St. George's Cathedral, Addis Abeba.
Reformed Church (1820), Seengen, Switzerland
Reformed Church (interior), Seengen, Switzerland

By design

Central tower

English: Hospitalskirken, Trondheim
English: Sør-Fron church «Gudbrandsdal cathedral»
English: Klæbu church
Old Stordal church
English: Stor-Elvdal church
English: Kilebygda church, Skien
English: Årdal church in Bygland, Norway
Zum Friedesfürsten, Klingenthal, Germany

Asymmetrical tower

English: Tynset church
English: Røros church, Norway

Pure octagon

Romfo church, Norway
Lønset church, Norway
Grytten church (1869 photo), Norway
Dverberget church, Nordland, Norway
St Thomas church, Rothenburgsort, Hamburg, irregular octagon with separate tower
Alter Berg chapel, Böttingen, Schwäbische Alb, Germany
Geiranger church, Norway, stretched (irregular octagon)
Sør-Fron church, Norway, "wide church" (irregular octagon)