Gothem

Not to be confused with Gotham (disambiguation).
Gothem

Gothem Church
Gothem
Coordinates: 57°34′31″N 18°44′6″E / 57.57528°N 18.73500°E / 57.57528; 18.73500Coordinates: 57°34′31″N 18°44′6″E / 57.57528°N 18.73500°E / 57.57528; 18.73500
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Area[1]
 • Total 71.79 km2 (27.72 sq mi)
Population (2014)[2]
 • Total 381
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website www.gothem.se

Gothem is a settlement on the Swedish island of Gotland. Formerly a socken,[3] on 1 January 2016, it was reconstituted into the administrative area Gothem District.[4]

History

One of the largest Bronze Age cairns on Gotland, the Majsterrojr, is in Gothem. It is approximately 4 m (13 ft) high and 33 m (108 ft) in diameter and is surrounded by Bronze Age graves. It is situated on a small hill with stacks, that have also been used as building material for the cairn and the graves.[5]

The medieval Gothem Church is located in the socken.[6]

Geography

Gothem is the name of the socken, now district. It is also the name given to the small settlement close to the church in the socken, although that name is purely administrative and does not appear on maps. It is situated on the east coast of Gotland.[7] One of Gotland's major streams, Gothemsån, has its outflow at Åminne in Gothem.[8]

One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10809 Majsterrojr, is named after the Majsterrojr cairn in Gothem.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Carlquist, Gunnar, ed. (1947–1955). "Gothems socken". Svensk Uppslagsbok (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Malmö: Förlagshuset Norden.
  2. ↑ "Gotland i siffror 2015" [Gotland in numbers 2015]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 22 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. ↑ "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Enderborg, Bernt. "Majsterrojr". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churces] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 151–153. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. LIBRIS 7232718.
  7. ↑ "Gothem". www.ne.se. Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Pettersson, Urban (2006). Gothemsån: biotopkartering november 2005 (PDF). Rapporter om natur och miljö, 1653-7041 ; 2006:8 (in Swedish). Visby: Länsstyrelsen i Gotlands län. p. 5. ISSN 1653-7041. LIBRIS 10432364.
  9. ↑ "10809 Majsterrojr (1993 FS14)". NASA. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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