Vadstena Municipality (''Vadstena kommun'') is a
municipality in
Östergötland County in southeast
Sweden
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. Its seat is located in the
city
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of
Vadstena.
The old ''City of Vadstena'' was during the nationwide local government reform of the 1970s merged into
Motala Municipality in 1974. This "marriage" was unsuccessful and a "divorce" was soon agreed upon and in 1980 the present municipality was created. It contains, however, 12 original units.
Nature
Vadstena is situated by lake
Vättern, Sweden's second largest lake. Fishing was an important source of food when the town was first founded around the year 1000 AD, and it continued to be dependent on fish and ship merchandise.
There are two
nature reserves in the municipality:
*The ''Ombergsliden'', 230,000 m
2 large, a
lime-rich marsh. It has several notable plants, such as the uncommon
orchid Tuber geophyte
Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing ...
(''Gymnadenia odoratissima''), and the
carnivorous
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Butterwort plan
*The ''Kastad kulle torräng'' is a
drumlin rich on lime, and hosts several plants otherwise not found in the area, such as the
Oxytropis pilosa, otherwise very sparsely outside of
Gotland
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Sights
*
Vadstena Castle
*
Vadstena Abbey
*The
Vadstena Hospital
Vadstena () is a locality and the seat of Vadstena Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden, with 5,613 inhabitants in 2010. From 1974 to 1979 Vadstena was administered as part of Motala Municipality.
Despite its small population, Vadstena is, ...
area and museum with buildings from the 16th century to the 20th century.
*''Herrestad Church'', inaugurated in 1112, which makes it one of the oldest dated stone churches in Sweden (the Holy Cross Church in
Dalby, Skåne, Sweden
Dalby () is a locality and short-lived (11th century) former Latin Catholic diocese situated in Lund Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6732 inhabitants in 2019. It is located about 10 km East-southeast of Lund, and about 20 km East ...
was built "around" 1060). The church tower was constructed around a century later, and is largely unmodified throughout the centuries.
*''Rogslösa Church'', from the 13th century, which is especially notable for its
ornaments of
Celt
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ic influences.
*There are also other interesting medieval churches in the municipality, such as ''Hagebyhöga Church'', ''Väversunda Church'', ''Hov Church'', ''Örberga Church'' and ''Nässja Church''. Most of these were begun on in the 12th century.
Vadstena slott, norra sidan, juni 2005.jpg, Vadstena Castle
Vadstena hospital.JPG, Vadstena Hospital Museum
References
External links
Vadstena Municipality- Official site
Tidernas Landskap- For current events
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Municipalities of Östergötland County