Øye stave church is situated in in Øye , a village in Oppland county in Norway and is a triple nave stave church and dates to approximately 1150- 1200 AD. The church was situated next to the river Vangsmjøsa in Øye. But the river flooded almost every spring and the dead bodies around the church bounce up from their tomb. So the church was moved, this time to a location further away from the river. But in 1747 the church was torn down and hidden away, and a new church was built on this plot. However, in 1935 they reconstructed the new church, and below the floor in the church they found the material from Øye stave church. 156 pieces of the church was used to rebuilt a new stave church which was completed in 1956. Øye stave church si today one of the smallest, and might be one of the oldest reminding stave church in Norway.
