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List Of Churches On Gotland
The Swedish island of Gotland has since the early Middle Ages had a large number of churches and chapels. Medieval churches There are 92 medieval churches on Gotland; the island has more well-preserved medieval churches than any other part of Sweden. The medieval churches of Gotland constitute a coherent group of medieval architecture and is therefore listed in a List of medieval churches on Gotland, separate article. Churches and chapels of Gotland References Bibliography * External links * * * Pictures of churches, church ruins and several baptismal fonts in the churches of Gotland * Panoramic views of the exterior and interior of the medieval churches of Gotland {{DEFAULTSORT:Churches on Gotland Churches in Gotland County, * Sweden religion-related lists Gotland Architecture lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Medieval Churches On Gotland
There are 92 well-preserved churches from the Middle Ages on the Swedish island of Gotland, more than in any other part of Sweden and unusually many compared with other parts of Europe. Benefiting from its location in the middle of the Baltic Sea, the island enjoyed an increase in wealth thanks to expanding trade between Western Europe, Western and Eastern Europe, giving the inhabitants the means to build large and prestigious churches. The preserved churches date from between the early 12th century and the middle of the 14th century. The first churches were stave churches, but of these only fragments remain. The oldest substantially preserved churches on Gotland are simple Romanesque architecture, Romanesque churches. Church architecture remained conservative on Gotland, and, while Gothic architecture, Gothic forms eventually replaced Romanesque, it never acquired the structurally light character it did elsewhere in Europe. The churches built during the first half of the 14th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visborg Church
Visborg Church is a church in Visby, on the island of Gotland in Sweden. The church was built in 1969 and designed by architect Per Erik Nilsson. It's built of brick A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ... and pine wood. The decorative glass in the church is made by artist Jan Wichelgren, while Christine Wichelgren has made the textiles. References External links * {{Churches on Gotland Churches in Gotland County Churches in the Diocese of Visby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden Religion-related Lists
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55°N to 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peoples known as the Norsemen. A unified Swedish state was established during the late 10th century. In 1397, Sweden joined Norway and Denmark to form t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churches In Gotland County
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Uniting Church In Sweden
Uniting Church in Sweden ( Swedish: ) is a united Protestant denomination in Sweden. History It was established on 4 June 2011 by the merger of the United Methodist Church, Baptist Union of Sweden, and Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Initially the name of the unified denomination was the Joint Future Church (), before the name was changed during a conference in Karlstad on 11 May 2013 to the present Uniting Church in Sweden or in Swedish. Organization The Uniting Church in Sweden consists of about 640 local congregations in Sweden, which collectively have about 59,000 members. The church serves around 130,000 people . Since 2007, the merging denominations also had a common youth organization called Equmenia. The intention to form the new denomination was made in the respective conferences in 2008, 2009 and 2010 before the final decision was made in 2011. Since the inaugural meeting in 2011, the denomination's president was Ann-Sofie Lasell, who was succeeded in 2014 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vårdklockan Church
Vårdklockan Church is a church in Visby, on the island of Gotland in Sweden. It belongs to the Protestant Uniting Church in Sweden Uniting Church in Sweden ( Swedish: ) is a united Protestant denomination in Sweden. History It was established on 4 June 2011 by the merger of the United Methodist Church, Baptist Union of Sweden, and Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Initi .... References Churches in Gotland County Visby {{Sweden-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Stockholm
The Diocese of Stockholm (; ) is an Exemption (Catholic canon law), exempt Latin Church, Latin Catholic ecclesiastical bishopric in Sweden and the only Catholic Church, Catholic diocese established in Sweden since the Protestant Reformation. The diocese belongs to no ecclesiastical province but forms Nordic Bishops' Conference, an episcopal conference with its Nordic neighbours. Its territory includes 44 parishes and covers the entire country of Sweden. Its cathedral episcopal see is St. Eric's Cathedral, Stockholm, Saint Eric's Cathedral in Sweden's capital city of Stockholm. The former Catholic cathedrals have been possessions of the Church of Sweden since the reformation, along with other ecclesiastical infrastructure of the pre-Reformation Catholic dioceses in Sweden. The aid organisation Caritas Sweden is a service of the Diocese of Stockholm. History Prior to the Reformation in Sweden, there were a number of Catholic dioceses, including the former dioceses of Dioce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubertus Brandenburg
Hubertus Brandenburg (17 November 1923 – 4 November 2009) was a Catholic bishop of Stockholm. He was ordained priest in Osnabrück on 20 December 1952. On 12 December 1974, he was appointed by Pope Paul VI as auxiliary bishop of Osnabrück. On 21 November 1977, he was appointed as Bishop of Stockholm. He resigned in 1998, and was succeeded by Bishop Anders Arborelius. Biography Brandenburg was born in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1923. After graduation at the Carolinum High School in Osnabrück, he was drafted into military service. As a Marine soldier, he rose to speed boat commander. Brandenburg studied law and economics after the war. He then moved to the Catholic Theology Faculty of the University of Münster. Ordained a priest in 1952, he was a chaplain in Hamburg Winterhude 1955 to 1958, and completed a PhD in Rome. In 1967 he was appointed a canon, then appointed to the finance director in Osnabruck. In 1974, Brandenburg was appointed Titular Bishop of '' Strathernia'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Of Christ Church
The Body of Christ Church ( is a Roman Catholic church in Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. Inaugurated by Bishop Hubertus Brandenburg in 1982, it is the first Catholic church to be built on Gotland since the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and .... The relatively small church has space for around 80 worshippers at a time. References Churches in Gotland County Roman Catholic churches in Sweden Visby {{Sweden-RC-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
