Sundre, Gotland Explained

Official Name:Sundre
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 Km2:20.71
Population As Of:2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:24
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:56.9358°N 18.1817°W

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

Geography

Sundre is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Sundre Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Sundre kyrkby. It is the southernmost socken on the island, situated on the south tip of Gotland on the Storsudret peninsula.[6] On the south coast of Sundre is the Hoburg lighthouse as well as the rauk (sea stack) area known as Hoburgen. One of the rauks is the noted Hoburgsgubben ("Old Man Hoburg").[7]

South of Hoburgen is the Hoburg Shoal bird reserve.[8]

, Sundre Church belongs to Hoburg parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Öja, Hamra, Vamlingbo and Fide.[9] [10]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 9374 Sundre, is named after this place.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Carlquist, Gunnar. Svensk Uppslagsbok. 1947–1955. Förlagshuset Norden. Malmö. 2nd. Sundre socken. Swedish.
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 4 June 2016.
  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. 4 June 2016.
  5. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. Swedish. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 248–250.
  6. Web site: Sundre. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 1 June 2016.
  7. Book: Sjögren. Otto. Sverige: geografisk beskrivning. D. 2, Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län. Sweden: geographical description D.2. Östergötland, Jönköping, Kronoberg, Kalmar och Gotland county. 1931. Wahlström & Widstrand. Stockholm. .
  8. Web site: Official Record for Hoburgs bank. www.protectedplanet.net. Protected Planet. 1 September 2016.
  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: 9374 Sundre (1993 FJ46). https://web.archive.org/web/20200820224319/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9374. dead. 20 August 2020. NASA. 2 June 2016.

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