Buttle, Gotland Explained

Official Name:Buttle
Pushpin Map:Sweden Gotland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Gotland Municipality
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gotland County
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Gotland
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:31.07
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:90
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.4025°N 18.5297°W

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

Geography

Buttle is situated in the central part of Gotland.[5] The medieval Buttle Church is located in the socken.[6], Buttle Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Guldrupe, Sjonhem, Viklau and Halla.[7] [8]

, Buttle is best known for holding the record for both the lowest and highest temperature on Gotland. The highest temperature, 35.2°C, was recorded on 8 August 1975 and the lowest, -32.8°C, on 9 February 1966.[9]

History

Two of the few picture stones left in their original places on Gotland, are located at Änge in Buttle. Most other stones have been used as building material in local churches or moved to various museums.[10] At 3.85m (12.63feet), the larger of the two is also the tallest known picture stone on the island.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Buttle socken. sv.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 1 July 2016. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224. dead.
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: Förordning om district. Regulation of districts. 17 June 2015. Ministry of Finance. 1 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180930041909/http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF. 30 September 2018. dead.
  5. Web site: Buttle. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 1 July 2016.
  6. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 113–115.
  7. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  8. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Vedin. Haldo. Gotlands klimat. www.smhi.se. Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. 1 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160813214547/http://www.smhi.se/sgn0102/n0205/artikelserier/s10_dec03.pdf. 13 August 2016. dead.
  10. Web site: Enderborg. Bernt. Änges bildstenar. www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. 1 July 2016.
  11. Web site: RAÄ-nummer Buttle 42:1. www.raa.se. Swedish National Heritage Board. 1 July 2016.
  12. Web site: Henriksson. Greta. Fornminnen Buttle. 11 January 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 1 July 2016.

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