Bunge 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

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), on the Swedish island of

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. It is situated in the northernmost part of

, southwest of Fårösund. It comprises the same area as the administrative Bunge District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Bunge 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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Bunge Church, sometimes referred to as ''Bunge kyrkby''. It is situated on the north coast of Gotland. , Bunge Church belongs to Bunge-Rute-Fleringe

in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Rute and

Fleringe Fleringe 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 Fleringe District, established on 1January 2016. Community The name is known since 1304 ...

Places of interest

Bunge has a private

airfield An aerodrome, airfield, or airstrip is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes in ...

, the Bunge Airbase. The hangar and the airfield are

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s. Gotland's (and one of Sweden's) most noted

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is the Bunge museum. The museum has farms from three centuries (17th, 18th and 19th) and is also very active in practical old industry such as recreating

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kilns and

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piles.

Notable residents

Berta Persson, (1893–1961), first woman

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in Sweden, nicknamed ''Buss-Berta.''

Gallery

File:Gotland-Bunge kyrka Friedhofsmauer.jpg, The wall at Bunge church. File:Gotland-Bunge Museum Dorfweiher.jpg, The village pond at Bunge museum. File:Gotland-Bunge Museum Windmühle 04.jpg, Wind mill at Bunge Museum. File:Gotland-Bunge Museum Hof 17.Jhdt. 10.jpg, The Bunge Museum. File:Ruin behind Bunge church, 2009-08-11.jpg, Ruin behind Bunge Church. File:Fårösunds flygfält 01.JPG, Bunge airfield.

References

External links

Objects from Bunge 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 ...