Hogrän Explained

Official Name:Hogrän
Native Name:Hauggrän
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 Km2:22.18
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[2]
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.5044°N 18.3078°W

Hogrän (in Swedish pronounced as /ˈhûːɡrɛːn/)[3] 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 Hogrän District, established on 1January 2016.[5]

Geography

Hogrän is situated in the central inland of Gotland. The land is mainly flat farmlands mixed with meadows in the east part and forests and mires in the west. Most noted is Prostarve Änge where wild orchids grow.[6] [7]

The medieval Hogrän Church is located in the socken.[8], Hogrän Church belongs to Vall-Hogrän-Atlingbo parish in Eskelhems pastorat, along with the churches in Vall and Atlingbo.[9] [10]

History

A cache containing 23 sausage-shaped Viking Age bronze ingots were found in Hogrän. The find that also contained a penannular brooch and a pin. The find is called the Stora Enbjänne find, after the farm it was found on. In 1924, it was appropriated by Swedish History Museum in Stockholm where it is now kept. Several other finds have been made in the vicinity of Stora Enbjänne. Among these are a gold bracteate, a pot or silver coins, brooches, bracelets and weights. Traces and remnants from metal working have also been found.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Hogrän . sv.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2017. Gotland in numbers 2017. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 6 January 2019. 30 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224. dead.
  3. Book: Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter. Jöran Sahlgren. Gösta Bergman. sv. 1979. 11.
  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. Web site: Förordning om district. Regulation of districts. 17 June 2015. Ministry of Finance. 6 January 2019.
  6. Web site: Hogrän . www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 6 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Enderborg . Bernt . Prostarve äng . www.guteinfo.com . Guteinfo . 6 January 2019.
  8. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. sv. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 182–183 .
  9. Web site: Församlingar på Gotland . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  10. Web site: Visby stifts indelning 2018 . www.svenskakyrkan.se . . 12 January 2019.
  11. Web site: Stora Enbjänne, Kamänget (SHM 17612) . www.historiska.se . . 6 January 2019.
  12. Web site: Stora Enbjene (SHM 6821) . www.historiska.se . . 6 January 2019.
  13. Web site: Stora Enbjänne (SHM 24301) . www.historiska.se . . 6 January 2019.
  14. Web site: Stora Enbjenne, Utängsåker (SHM 1413) . www.historiska.se . . 6 January 2019.
  15. Web site: RAÄ-nummer Hogrän 62:1 . www.raa.se . . 6 January 2019 . 1 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701192016/http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html . dead .