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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Snöstorp Parish

Snöstorp parish is located in Halmstad municipality, in the county of Halland, on the west coast of Sweden. Its borders have changed over the years. In 1928 the municipality of Nyhem was transfered to the town of Halmstad and in 2013 more land was added to the parish.

Large parts of the parish used to belong to the Sperlingsholm estate, which manor house is in the parish of Enslöv, but the lord of the manor, Kuylenstjerna, started to sell some of it in the very beginning of the 20th century. It was expencive to buy and build houses within the town limits of Halmstad so the land quickly became populated. There were no rules on how to build houses, meaning the new landowners could build their houses any way they wanted. There were several industries and the railroad in the area or in walking distance which also led to the areas popularity among the working class. School was a problem because the children had to walk either to the village of Snöstorp or Furet so in 1906 Kuylenstjerna donated land so that Nyem would get its own school. Kuylenstjerna also built a watertower and adjoining water pipes in 1908 and in 1912 he gave them five years of free electricity to run the street lights. The school, the janitor's house and the teacher's room also got electricity.

The townsfolk of Nyhem and the countryfolk of the rest of the parish had troubles seeing eye to eye which led to several disputes so it was probably a relief to some when Nyhem was incorporated into the town of Halmstad in 1928.

The church was finnished in 1883. It is one of Sweden's eleven Langlet churches, Langlet being the name of the architect. He was inspired by old Roman cirkular churches but gave the church in Snöstorp six walls. The pulpit is placed in the middle so that the word of God would always be in the centre.

Sources:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sn%C3%B6storps_kyrka
The church of Snöstorp: http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/snostorp/snostorps-kyrka
Sperlingsholm: http://runeberg.org/nfcf/0371.html
Nyhem municipality: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyhems_municipalsamh%C3%A4lle

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