Hablingbo

Hablingbo (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhâbːlɪŋˌbuː])[3] is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[4][5] It comprises the same area as the administrative Hablingbo District, established on 1 January 2016.[6]

Hablingbo
Hablingbo train station
Hablingbo train station
Hablingbo is located in Gotland
Hablingbo
Hablingbo
Coordinates: 57°11′14″N 18°15′45″E
CountrySweden
ProvinceGotland
CountyGotland County
MunicipalityGotland Municipality
Area
[1]
 • Total52 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total247
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitehablingbo.info

In 1961, the Havor Hoard was found at a hillfort in the small village of Havor in Hablingbo.[7]

Geography

Hablingbo is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Hablingbo Church,[8] sometimes referred to as Hablingbo kyrkby. It is situated on the southwest coast of Gotland. The area is rural with farming as the main source of income. Part of the farmed land is on the now drained Mästermyr mire. In the west, towards the coast, there are forests.[1][4][9]

As of 2019, Hablingbo Church belongs to Havdhem parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Havdhem, Näs, Grötlingbo, Eke, and Silte.[10][11]

History

The name of the socken is first mentioned in 1320 as Hagbardlingabo. The last part bo means "district". The first part haghbardhlingar is a combination of Medieval expressions, where inge means "indweller", and Hagbardh a combination of hagh meaning "enclosure" and bardh for "high ridge" which refers to the ridge the Hablingbo Church is built on. This gives "they who hold thing on Hagbardh as the meaning of haghbardhlingar.[4][12]

In Hablingbo there are a couple of grave cairns from the Bronze Age as well as about a dozen smaller Iron Age grave fields plus one major at Havor. There are house foundations, stone walls, grooves and two hillsforts from the Iron Age. Two Viking silver treasures have been found in addition to the Havor Ring – one of Sweden's most unique gold finds.[4][9][13][14][15] The present socken dates back to Medieval times.[12]

The Petes farm built in the late 18th century, is still intact and since 1965, it is maintained by Gotland Museum as a museum farm.[16]

At the beginning of the 20th century, Hablingbo was a station on one of the now discontinued railway lines on Gotland. The station house was built in 1920. [17]

References
  1. "Hablingbo socken". Svensk uppslagsbok (2 ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. 1947–55. SELIBR 11112.
  2. "Gotland i siffror" [Gotland in numbers]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 10.
  4. "Hablingbo". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. 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.
  6. "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  7. Geisle., Gunnar (20 June 2006). "Havorringen gäckar 20 år efter den svarta junidagen" [The Havor ring still baffels 20 years after the black day in June]. www.helagotland.se. Helagotland. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  8. Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor (in Swedish). Uddevalla: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 158–163. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
  9. Sjögren, Otto (1931). Sverige geografisk beskrivning del 2 Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. SELIBR 9939.
  10. "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  12. Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen. ISBN 91-7229-020-X. SELIBR 8998039.
  13. "List of Gotland grinding grooves F". www.stavgard.com. Sören Gannholm. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  14. "Go, Hablingbo socken". www.historiska.se. Swedish History Museum. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  15. "Hablingbo". www.fmis.raa.se. Swedish National Heritage Board. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  16. "Petes 2:1 Museigård" [Pete's 2:1 museum farm]. www.gotland.se (in Swedish). Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  17. Henriksson, Greta (23 July 2014). "Hablingbo: Prästgården 1:15, 1:16 Järnvägsstation". www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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