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Bergö Ferry
Bergö is an island and List of former municipalities of Finland , former municipality of Finland in the Ostrobothnia (region), Coastal Ostrobothnia region. The municipality of Bergö was incorporated with Maalahti in 1973. The island's only connection to the mainland is currently the year-round ferry. In December 1970, Bergö had a total population of 647 people, and 98% of the inhabitants were Swedish-speaking. At its highest population level in 1938, 948 people lived in the municipality. Before it was abolished, Bergö's land area was 33.8 km² and its neighbouring municipalities were Korsnäs, Maalahti and Petalax, Petolahti. Name Bergö's name was originally ''Vargö'' [], but the name of the island and village was changed to ''Bergö'' in 1830, probably because the original name was considered demeaning. The name of the island was documented as ''Wargö'' (1546) and as ''Vargöö'' (1552), among others. The form ''Susiluoto'' ('Wolf Island') has also been used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergö
Bergö is an island and List of former municipalities of Finland , former municipality of Finland in the Ostrobothnia (region), Coastal Ostrobothnia region. The municipality of Bergö was incorporated with Maalahti in 1973. The island's only connection to the mainland is currently the year-round ferry. In December 1970, Bergö had a total population of 647 people, and 98% of the inhabitants were Swedish-speaking. At its highest population level in 1938, 948 people lived in the municipality. Before it was abolished, Bergö's land area was 33.8 km² and its neighbouring municipalities were Korsnäs, Maalahti and Petalax, Petolahti. Name Bergö's name was originally ''Vargö'' [], but the name of the island and village was changed to ''Bergö'' in 1830, probably because the original name was considered demeaning. The name of the island was documented as ''Wargö'' (1546) and as ''Vargöö'' (1552), among others. The form ''Susiluoto'' ('Wolf Island') has also been used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porvoo Communion
The Porvoo Communion is a communion of 15 predominantly northern European Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches, with a couple of far-southwestern European (in the Iberian Peninsula) church bodies of the same denomination. It was established in 1992 by a theological agreement entitled the ''Porvoo Common Statement'' which establishes full communion between and among these churches. The agreement was negotiated in the town of Järvenpää in Finland, but the communion's name comes from the nearby city of Porvoo, where a joint Eucharist (or Holy Communion) was celebrated in Porvoo Cathedral after the formal signing in Järvenpää. Overview The first seeds to the broader communion formed in 1992 were planted in 1922 when the Anglican Church and the Church of Sweden agreed to enter communion with each other. In 1938, the Archbishop of Canterbury, symbolic head of the Anglican Communion in London, invited the representatives of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church and Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting or sculpture, or a set of them, the word can also be used of the whole ensemble behind an altar, otherwise known as a reredos, including what is often an elaborate frame for the central image or images. Altarpieces were one of the most important products of Christian art especially from the late Middle Ages to the era of the Counter-Reformation. Many altarpieces have been removed from their church settings, and often from their elaborate sculpted frameworks, and are displayed as more simply framed paintings in museums and elsewhere. History Origins and early development Altarpieces seem to have begun to be used during the 11th century, with the possible exception of a few earlier examples. The reasons and forces that led to the developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Långön(Finland)
Långön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago. Description Långön is a relatively large island in the Luleå archipelago, with an area of . It lies to the north of Stor-Brändön and west of Mjoön. It has a fine sandy beach on the north shore, but the beach is exposed to the weather. The land has gently rolling hills, the highest being Storberget on the north side at . The island is mostly tree-covered, with some scattered bogs of different sizes and one shallow lake. As of 2008 there were five permanent residents on the island. There were 18 houses, mostly summer cabins. Access Boats can land on the beach. There a private harbor that can be used by visitors to the residents of the island. In winter the island can be accessed via an ice road, the longest in Sweden at . It runs from Hindersöstallarna on the mainland to the islands of Hindersön, Stor-Brändön and Långön. Normally the road is open from Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granön (Finland)
Granon may refer to: *Grañón Grañón () is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin ..., village in La Rioja, Spain * Granön, Dalarna, an island and nature reserve in Lake Väsman, near Ludvika in Dalarna county, central Sweden. * Granön, Jämtland, the largest island in lake Ånnsjön in Jämtland County, Sweden. * Granön, Kalix, an island in Sweden's Kalix archipelago * Granön, Luleå, a former island, now part of Hertsön, a Swedish island in the Bothnian Bay, largely occupied by the eastern districts of the city of Luleå. * Granön, Skellefteå, a former island, now part of Halsön in Sweden's in the Skellefteå archipelago * Granön, Söderhamn, a peninsula and location of the Trollharen fishing village in the Söderhamn municipality of Sweden * Granön, Sundsvall, an island i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holme (Finland)
Holme may refer to: * Holme (surname) Music * Holme (band) Places Antarctica * Holme Bay Denmark * Holme, Aarhus England * Holme, Bedfordshire * Holme, Cambridgeshire * Holme, Cumbria * Holme, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire * Holme, North Yorkshire * Holme, Nottinghamshire * Holme, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire * Holme, West Yorkshire * Holme Fell, Cumbria * Holme Island, a small tidal island off Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria * Holme Valley, West Yorkshire * Holme-next-the-Sea * Holme-on-Spalding-Moor * Holme on the Wolds * Holme Moss * The Holme, one of the villas in Regent's Park, London * River Holme Latvia * Holme, former German name of Mārtiņsala Norway * Holme, Vestland, a village in Alver municipality, Vestland county * Holme, old name of Holum See also * East Holme * West Holme * Holm (other) * Holmes (other) Holmes may refer to: Name * Holmes (surname) * Holmes (given name) * Baron Holmes, noble title created twice in the Peerage of Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaasa
Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),Vaasa oli ennen Nikolainkaupunki ja Aurinkolahti Mustalahti – paikannimiä ei kuitenkaan pidä muuttaa heppoisin perustein – '''' (in Finnish) is a city on the west coast of . It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustasaari
Korsholm (; fi, Mustasaari) is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago. The administrative center is Smedsby, situated from Vaasa center along Finnish national road 8. Geography It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality consists of the central areas, the southern plain, and the extensive archipelago. Parts of the archipelago belong to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kvarken. One of Korsholm's more notable landmarks is that it holds Finland's longest bridge, the Replot Bridge. The bridge connects the island of Replot to the mainland. Finland's second oldest stone bridge that is still in use, can also be found in Korsholm, in the village of Toby. Major islands in the archipelago include Replot, Björkö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
