Vänge 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

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Vänge District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Vänge 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 ...

Vänge Church, sometimes referred to as ''Vänge kyrkby''. Vänge is situated in the central part of Gotland. , Vänge Church belongs to Vänge

in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Buttle,

Guldrupe Guldrupe () 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 Guldrupe District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Guldrupe is situated ...

, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla. One of the

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s in the asteroid belt, 10794 Vänge, is named after this place.

History

With the establishing of railways on Gotland in 1878, one of the stations resulted in the settlement Bjärges in Vänge. Other settlements are Bringes and Nickarve. With several

equestrian The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

establishments, Vänge is horse country. The Western Riders Arena is used for western riding and

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events. A number of the members of the Gotland Western Riders also perform as jousting knights in the Tournamentum team at the annual

Medieval Week on Gotland The Battle of Visby was fought in 1361 near the town of Visby on the island of Gotland, between the forces of the Danish king and the Gutnish country yeomen. The Danish force was victorious. Background On 22July 1361, King Valdemar IV of Denmark ...

and national jousting tournaments.

References

External links

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Objects from Vänge 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