Gotland's Oldest Votive Ship

I took a break from blogging and am trying to get back to doing it on a regular basis.

The picture shows the oldest votive ship on Gotland. You can find it in the small church in the parish of Västergarn, 30 minutes south of Visby. The ship was given to the church in 1637 by the local harbour bailiff Marcus Schröder.

During that time the island of Gotland was under Danish rule but the church was under the diocese of Linköping in Sweden. Marcus Schröder is believed to have come to Gotland as a skipper, shipping German refugees from Eckenförde. The thirty year war between catholics and protestans was in full bloom in Europe.

The votive ship is a full-rigged ship with square-sails on all three masts. The type of ship is known as a frigate. This one has 48 canons which makes it a naval ship

There are golden inscriptions on the ship in German:
Starboard: Gott Zur Ehr, der Jugend zur Lehr, Der Kirchen zum Zihrrat
God to honour, Youth to learn, the Church as an ornament.

Port: Marckes Schröder dieses Schip verehret hat. 1637
Marckes Schröder has donated this ship. 1637

Marcus Schröder became an important man on Gotland. He was its first lime squire and also a member of parliament. He perished during a voyage between Lübeck and Visby in 1661.

Source: Kyrkfönstret, Klinte pastorats kyrkoblad 2014 Nr 2.


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The old Vinberg

A few days ago I wrote about the new church in Vinberg and promissed to tell you more about the village. Unfortunately some of my pictures seem to be missing.

Right next to the new church is the old vicarage. A beautiful old house built in 1799 in the same place as an earlier vicarage. It is the birth home of Olof von Dalin, a famous poet, and artist who was born August 29, 1708. He started the paper "Then Swänska Argus" which marks the beginning of the younger, new, Swedish language. He was made a noble man by the king.

The vicarage from Vicar Island.

 Olof grew up in the vicorage with his mother and step-father who created a beautiful park that has been somewhat restored and is open to the public. An island was created by digging a ditch from the river Vinån and ponds for fish has also been dug up again.

A gazebo build in 18th century style on the island.

An old well.

 Just across the road from the vicarage is the old cemetary, where the old church used to stand.

Entrance to the old cemetary.

A hedge marks where the old church used to stand.

"Here stood the church of Winberg from 1100-1900"

An old head-stone from 1624 when the province of Halland was Danish.

The old cemetary.

The new church in the distance.

An old water mill next to the cemetary.

List of all the head-stones and a map, showing who is buried where.

This old cemetary is a dream for any geneaologist with people buried here because in the entrance vault is a map and a file with a list of the graves and who is buried there.



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Vinberg Church

Vinberg was a parish just east of the town of Falkenberg in the county of Halland. Today it has joined the parish of Ljungby and forms Vinberg-Ljungby Parish.

The church in Vinberg was finished in 1899 and is built in new gothic style. It replaced an older church that had become too small for the congregation to gather in. The old church had its location just north east of the current one, and had been standing there since the 12th century.

The architect was Adrian Pettersson and the church is considered his finest building. Both the exterior and interior is rich in decorations.

The area has much more than a beautiful church to offer. But I will save those pictures and stories for another day.

Sources:

http://www.hembygd.se/vinberg-ljungby/sevardheter/

http://www.vinberg-ljungby.se/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=86

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Gullered Church and Parish

The parish of Gullered is situated east of the town Ulricehamn in the province of Västergötland, right by the sources of the rivers Ätran and Tidan. The parish has its origins in medieval times and in 1554 the parish of Tissered joined Gullered. The parish of Strängsered had joined Gullered in 1548 but becamed its own parish  again in 1887. The parish joined the parish of Hössna in 2006

Gullered belonged to the hundred Redväg, a hundred in the southeastern parts of Västergötland, in what used to be the county of Älvsborg. Reväg together with six other hundreds are known as "Sjuhäradsbygden", roughly translated as The Seven Hundred Area.

The church was built in 1844 after drawings of the architect Fredrik Blom. Some of the building material is said to have been taken from the ruins of the church in Tissered. The organ was put in in 1873 and was built by Svante Johansson. In 1951 electric heating replaced the old fireplaces from 1902.

Sources:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullereds_kyrka
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullereds_socken
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redv%C3%A4gs_h%C3%A4rad

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Breared

The parish of Breared is situated in the province of Halland and is since 1971 part of Halmstad municipality. The village of Simlångsdalen used to be the village of Breared but in 1912 the name was changed. The parsh however, kept its name. The name change because of the hit novel "Folket i Simlångsdalen" (The people in the Simlångsdalen) by the author Fredrik Ström that was released in 1903. Simlången is a lake and dal means valley. The story became a movie in 1924 and 1947.

The church is believed to have been built as early as the 13th century and dedicated to Sanct Laurentius. It was burnt down by the Swedish army in 1563 during the Nordic seven year war but could be rebuilt on the old walls.

There is a total of 23 nature reservs within the parish.

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