Tingstäde Explained

Official Name:Tingstäde
Native Name:Tinggstäde
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 Km2:1.16
Population As Of:31 December 2014
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:372
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Coordinates:57.7333°N 53°W

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

Tingstäde is most noted for its nearby lake Lake Tingstäde, which contains the sunken Bulverket fortification, built, used and abandoned during the 12th century.[5]

Geography

Tingstäde is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the larger locality within the district and the small village surrounding the medieval Tingstäde Church,[6] sometimes referred to as Tingstäde kyrkby. Tingstäde is located in the central north part of Gotland.[7]

, Tingstäde Church belongs to Stenkyrka parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Stenkyrka, Martebo, andLummelunda.[8] [9]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 8679 Tingstäde, is named after this place.[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010 . 14 December 2011 . . Swedish . https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls . 27 January 2012 . live . 10 January 2012 .
  2. Web site: Gotland i siffror 2015. Gotland in numbers 2015. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. 25 May 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. 25 May 2016.
  5. Book: Rönnby. Johan. Bålverket: om samhällsförändring och motstånd med utgångspunkt från det tidigmedeltida Bulverket i Tingstäde träsk på Gotland. The Bulverk: About changes in society and resistance, using the Medieval Bulverket in Lake Tingstäde on Gotland as a starting point. Studier från UV Stockholm, 99-2067501-6Skrifter / Riksantikvarieämbetet, Arkeologiska undersökningar, 1102-187X ; 10. 1995. Stockholm. Byrån för arkeologiska undersökningar, Swedish National Heritage Board. Swedish. 91-7192-974-6.
  6. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Svahnström. Gunnar. Gotlands kyrkor. Gotland's Churches. Swedish. . 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Stockholm. 91-29-41035-5. 250–251.
  7. Web site: Tingstäde. www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. 31 May 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: 8679 Tingstade (1992 EG8). NASA. 2 June 2016.

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