Bredsättra Church dates back to the 12th century, with a west tower added in 1202–1207. The church was heavily rebuilt during the 19th century but retains several medieval furnishings. Bredsättra socken is mentioned first in a letter from c. 1320, and another from 1346. It had a harbor town of some importance, Sikehamn, during the Middle Ages, from which limestone was exported.[1]
After the municipal reform in 1862, the responsibility for the ecclesiastical and civil organization of the socken was transferred to the Bredsättra parish and landskommun (rural municipality), respectively. The latter was incorporated into Öland's Köpingsvik district in 1952, and this in turn was incorporated into Borgholm Stad in 1969 and then Borgholm Municipality in 1971.[2] In 2006 the parish became part of the Köpingsvik Assembly.
Geographyedit
Bredsättra is located in the eastern part of the island, on mostly bare, plain ground.
Archeologyedit
The socken has some 200 archeologically important sites, many of them Iron Age burial grounds. Runestone Öl 44 is held in the Skedemosse museum.
Sites of interest in Bredsättra sockenedit
Kapelludden, a marshland on the coast with a lighthouse
bredsättra, socken, former, socken, runsten, hundred, öland, sweden, since, 1974, been, part, borgholm, municipality, covers, square, kilometers, inhabitants, 2000, contents, history, geography, archeology, sites, interest, also, references, external, linkshis. Bredsattra socken is a former socken of Runsten Hundred on Oland Sweden Since 1974 it has been part of Borgholm Municipality It covers 29 11 square kilometers 1 and had 251 inhabitants in 2000 2 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Archeology 4 Sites of interest in Bredsattra socken 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editBredsattra Church dates back to the 12th century with a west tower added in 1202 1207 The church was heavily rebuilt during the 19th century but retains several medieval furnishings Bredsattra socken is mentioned first in a letter from c 1320 and another from 1346 It had a harbor town of some importance Sikehamn during the Middle Ages from which limestone was exported 1 After the municipal reform in 1862 the responsibility for the ecclesiastical and civil organization of the socken was transferred to the Bredsattra parish and landskommun rural municipality respectively The latter was incorporated into Oland s Kopingsvik district in 1952 and this in turn was incorporated into Borgholm Stad in 1969 and then Borgholm Municipality in 1971 2 In 2006 the parish became part of the Kopingsvik Assembly Geography editBredsattra is located in the eastern part of the island on mostly bare plain ground Archeology editThe socken has some 200 archeologically important sites many of them Iron Age burial grounds Runestone Ol 44 is held in the Skedemosse museum Sites of interest in Bredsattra socken editKapelludden a marshland on the coast with a lighthouse Saint Birgitta s chapel the ruins of a 13th century chapel at KapelluddenSee also editMorbylangaReferences edit a b Bredsatra Svensk uppslagsbok in Swedish Archived from the original on 13 April 2014 Retrieved 10 April 2014 a b Harlen Hans Eivy Harlen 2003 Sverige fran A till O geografisk historisk uppslagsbok in Swedish Stockholm Kommentus ISBN 91 7345 139 8 External links editArcheological finds in Bredsattra socken from Swedish History Museum Map with locations of archeological finds in Bredsattra socken from Swedish National Heritage Board 56 50 41 N 16 47 38 E 56 8447 N 16 7939 E 56 8447 16 7939 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bredsattra socken amp oldid 1218733880, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
