Bro, Gotland

Coordinates: 57°40′8″N 18°28′43″E / 57.66889°N 18.47861°E / 57.66889; 18.47861
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Bro (sometimes called Bro and Duss) 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 Bro District, established on 1 January 2016.[4]

Geography

Bro is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Bro Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Bro kyrkby. It is situated in the northwest part of Gotland, northeast of Visby.[6]

As of 2019, Bro Church belongs to Väskinde

pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Hejnum
and Bäl.[7][8]

One of the

named after this place.[9]

Gallery

  • Holy spring at Bro.
    Holy spring at Bro.
  • Church yard at Bro church.
    Church yard at Bro church.
  • Old stone bridge at Bro.
    Old stone bridge at Bro.
  • Picture stones at Bro.
    Picture stones at Bro.

References

  1. ^ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden. p. 67.
  2. Gotland Municipality. Archived from the original
    on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 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. ^ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. SELIBR 7232718
    .
  6. ^ "Bro". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  9. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-04-25.

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