Editing Eidfjord (section)

==History==
The parish of Eidfjord was very special because it belonged to the [[Bishop of Stavanger]] (and not the [[Bishop of Bergen]] as all the other parishes in present-day [[Vestland]] county) from 1125 until 1630. The [[Ancient Diocese of Stavanger]] was created out of the [[Ancient Diocese of Bergen]] and it included all of present-day [[Rogaland]] and [[Agder]] counties, plus the districts of [[Hallingdal]] in [[Buskerud]] county and [[Valdres]] in [[Innlandet]] county, and the parishes of [[Røldal Municipality|Røldal]] and Eidfjord in [[Vestland]] county. The reason for including Eidfjord was that the regions of [[Hallingdal]] and [[Valdres]] belonged to the bishop of Stavanger and the easiest way to reach them from Stavanger was by sailing up the [[Hardangerfjord]] to [[Eidfjord (village)|Eidfjord]], and then traveling over the [[Hardangervidda]] plateau to Hallingdal and Valdres.