Fole () is a populated area, a '' socken'' (not to be confused with

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

), on the Swedish island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

. It comprises the same area as the

administrative Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, administ ...

Fole District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Fole is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

Fole Church Fole Church ( sv, Fole kyrka) is a medieval church in Fole on the Swedish island of Gotland. The Romanesque architecture, Romanesque tower is the oldest part of the otherwise largely Gothic architecture, Gothic church. It belongs to the Church of S ...

, sometimes referred to as ''Fole kyrkby''. It is situated in the central northern part of Gotland. Fole Church is a 13th-century edifice mixing Romanesque and

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

elements. , Fole Church belongs to Väskinde

in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Bro, Väskinde,

Lokrume Lokrume () is a populated area, a ''socken'' (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Lokrume District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Lokrume is the name of ...

Hejnum Hejnum is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Hejnum District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Hejnum is situated in the northe ...

and Bäl. One of the

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

s in the Asteroid belt, 10129 Fole, is named after this place.

History

A number of gold bracteates and other

Viking Age The Viking Age () was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonizing, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. It followed the Migration Period and the Ger ...

jewelry has been found at Fole. ''Fole Idrottsförening'' ("Fole Sports Club") is one of the oldest on Gotland, founded in 1894.

Gallery

File:Gotland-Fole kyrka Hauptportal 01.jpg, Entrance to Fole church. File:Fole Vatlings 01.JPG, Medieval house Vtlings at Fole. File:Fole prästgården 01.JPG, Fole rectory.

References

External links

Objects from Fole at the Digital Museum
by

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum ( sv, Nordiska museet) is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said to be ...

Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub

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