Dalhem (also referred to as Dalhem and Hallvide), 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 comprises the same area as the administrative Dalhem District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Dalhem is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Dalhem Church, sometimes referred to as ''Dalhem kyrkby''. It is situated in central Gotland. The area is rural with farms, tourism and equestrian facilities as the main sources of income. , Dalhem Church belongs to Dalhem

in Romaklosters

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, along with the churches in

Ganthem Ganthem 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 Ganthem District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Ganthem is situated in the cen ...

, Hörsne and Ekeby. The ''Dunbodi'' General Store Museum in Dalhem, is a shop from the early 1900s, preserved as a museum.

Railway

The

narrow-gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter cur ...

on Gotland was decommissioned in the beginning of the 1960s. However, short parts of the railway tracks are still preserved. The most well-kept of these is the railway at Dalhem. Built in 1900–1902, it was originally , with the latest restoration finished in 2015, the preserved part is . The railway is maintained by the Gotland Train Association.

Gallery

File:Hans Kroks kors Dalhem.jpg, Hans Krok's cross File:Dune lanthandel 01.JPG, ''Dunbodi'' General Store Museum File:Dalhem museijärnväg b (2).jpg, Hesselby railway museum File:Gotland-Dalhems-kyrka 01.jpg, Dalhem Church

References

External links

Objects from Dalhem at the Digital Museum
by

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