Bro (sometimes called Bro and Duss) is a populated area, a

socken Socken ( or ) is the name used for a part of a counties of Sweden, county in Sweden. In Denmark, similar areas are known as , in Norway or and in Finland or . A is a rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken ...

(not to be confused with

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

), 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 Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...

. It comprises the same area as the administrative Bro District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

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

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Bro Church, sometimes referred to as ''Bro kyrkby''. It is situated in the northwest part of Gotland, northeast of

Visby Visby () is an urban areas in Sweden, urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic League, ...

. , Bro Church belongs to Väskinde

in Norra Gotlands

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, along with the churches in

Väskinde Väskinde () is a urban areas in Sweden, locality on the Swedish island of Gotland. Väskinde is also the name of the larger populated area, ''socken'' (not to be confused with Parishes of the Church of Sweden, parish). It comprises the same area ...

, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum and Bäl. One of the

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s in the

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, 10128 Bro, is named after this place.

Gallery

File:Offerkälla, Bro 27 5 3.jpg, Holy spring at Bro. File:Bro kyrka 1.jpg, Church yard at Bro church. File:Stenbro, Bro 27 6 2.jpg, Old stone bridge at Bro. File:Bildstenar Bro.jpg, Picture stones at Bro.

References

External links

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Objects from Bro at the Digital Museum
by

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum () 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 begin in 1520) to the ...

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