Garde, Gotland

Garde (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡɑ̂ːɖɛ])[3] or Garda is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[4] It comprises the same area as the administrative Garde District, established on 1 January 2016.[5] It was the birth place of the marine biologist Adolf Appellöf (1857).

Garde
Garda
Garde (Gutnish)
Garde Church
Garde Church
Garde is located in Gotland
Garde
Garde
Coordinates: 57°19′1″N 18°34′55″E
CountrySweden
ProvinceGotland
CountyGotland County
MunicipalityGotland Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total28.91 km2 (11.16 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total182
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Geography

Garde is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Garde Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Garde kyrkby. It is situated in the eastern part of Gotland.[7]

One of the largest cairns on Gotland, the Digerrojr (not to be confused with the eponymous cairn in Alskog) or Graips rojr, is in Garda. It is approximately 5 m (16 ft) high and 35 m (115 ft) in diameter. It is surrounded by standing stones and a rock that is thought to have been used for some kind of sacrifices.[8]

As of 2019, Garde Church belongs to Garde parish, along with the churches in Etelhem, Alskog, Lye and Ardre.[9][10]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10808 Digerrojr, is named after the Digerrojr cairn in Garde.[11]

References
  1. Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Garde socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
  2. "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 9.
  4. The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  5. "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  6. Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 148–149. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
  7. "Garde". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  8. Enderborg, Bernt. "Digerrojr". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  9. "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  10. "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. "10808 Digerrojr (1993 FT5)". NASA. Retrieved 21 June 2016.


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