Hall, Gotland Explained

Official Name:Hall
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 Km2:34.29
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:53
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.8919°N 18.7158°W

Hall 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 Hall District, established on 1January 2016.[4]

Geography

Hall is situated on the north coast of Gotland.[5] The medieval Hall Church is located in the socken.[6] On the coast is also Hallshuk, sometimes called Hall, fishing village with the Hallshuk Chapel, built by Queen Christina in 1645, to be used by the fishermen working in the area.[7], Hall Church and Hallshuk Chapel belongs to Forsa parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Lärbro, Hellvi and Hangvar.[8] [9]

Along the northwest and north coast of Hall is the Hall-Hangvar nature reserve. The reserve is the largest on Gotland, covering an area of 28km2.[10] The reserve was established in 1967 and expanded in 1999.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Hall socken. sv.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 28 August 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. 29 August 2016.
  5. Web site: Hall. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 29 August 2016.
  6. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 163–164.
  7. Web site: Enderborg. Bernt. Hallshuks fiskeläge. www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. 28 August 2016.
  8. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 11 January 2019.
  9. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 11 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Brynolf. Bertil. Hall - Hangvar naturreservat. www.hallshuk.se. Bengt Elmerstad and Bertil Brynolf. 28 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Hall-Hangvar. www.lansstyrelsen.se. Gotland County Administrative Board. 29 August 2016.