Dalby () is a
locality and short-lived (11th century) former Latin Catholic diocese situated in
Lund Municipality,
Skåne County
Skåne County ( ), sometimes referred to as Scania County or just Scania in English, is the southernmost Counties of Sweden, county, or , of Sweden, mostly corresponding to the traditional Provinces of Sweden, province of Scania. It borders th ...
,
Sweden
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with 6732 inhabitants in 2019.
It is located about 10 km East-southeast of
Lund
Lund (, ;["Lund"](_blank)
(US) and ) is a city in the provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, southern Swed ...
, and about 20 km East-northeast of
Malmö
Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...
.
Dalby was a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
up until 1974, when it became part of
Lund municipality. Between 1941 and 1954, Dalby was also a
municipal urban area ("''municipalsamhälle''").
The
Dalby Söderskog
Dalby may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Australia
* Dalby, Queensland
** Borough of Dalby, a local government area for Dalby
** Town of Dalby, a local government area for Dalby
British Isles
*Dalby, Isle of Man
*Dalby, Lincolnshire
*Great ...
national park
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is situated just northwest of Dalby.
The old quarry ''Stenbrottet'' is located a couple of kilometres east of Dalby. It's a popular place for swimming and fishing and for couples to become engaged.
Bishopric
Dalby Church is one of the oldest stone churches in
Scandinavia
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, for which
the cathedral in Hildesheim served as a model. In 1060 the Danish King
Svend Estridsen initiated the creation of a religious centre in Dalby, and possibly also constructed his royal residence there.
From 1060, Dalby was a
bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
, on territory split off from the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Roskilde, under the bishop
Egino, appointed by the German Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen. But as early as 1066 the English anti-bishop Henrik was enthroned in Lund, probably elected by the people and the clergy.
In 1085
Canute the Saint decided to build a new cathedral in Lund and in 1104 Lund became the
archbishopric over Scandinavia.
Another source holds the diocese was established in 1048 and suppressed in 1060.
Until the
Protestant Reformation
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in
Denmark
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in 1536, Dalby retained some importance as the site of an
Augustinian monastery
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and a
demesne
A demesne ( ) or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land subinfeudation, sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. ...
of the Danish Crown.
Notable people
*
Nils Grandelius, chess grandmaster
*
Fredrik Önnevall, journalist.
Gallery
File:Dalby (church).JPG, The entrance to the Holy Cross Church
File:Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve, Dalby, Lund, Scania, Sweden - May 2015.jpg, Dalby Norreskog Nature Reserve
File:Windmill in Dalby, Sweden.JPG, Windmill in Dalby
References
Sources and external links
GCatholic
Dalby
Former municipalities of Sweden
Populated places in Lund Municipality
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