Asige

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Asige
Sweden Halland location map.svg
Asige
Asige
Location of Halland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Hallands Lan
Historical Province (landskap): Halland
Municipality  : Falkenberg
Coordinates : 56 ° 53 '  N , 12 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 56 ° 53 '  N , 12 ° 45'  E
SCB code : S3970
Status: Småort
Residents : 70 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 0.17 km²
Population density : 412 inhabitants / km²

Asige is a village ( småort ) east of Falkenberg in the Swedish province of Hallands län and the historic province (landskap) Halland .

Hagbard's gallows
Rock carving on Hagbard's gallows

In 2000 the place had 60 inhabitants; By 2005, however, this number fell below 50, so that Asige lost the status of a småort , but in 2015 it regained this status through population growth to 70.

The place is one of the places associated with the mythological story of Hagbard and Signy . There are four culturally and historically significant building stones in the village , including a group consisting of different types of rock, each weighing more than four tons, which is called Hagbard's gallows ("gallows"). Two of the stones have carved rock or bowls .

Nearby

To the north of Asige is the Särestad cemetery

The Treudd

At Öinge, south of Asige, two of Sweden's largest Treuddar ( Torsa stenar in Swedish ) are 25 m apart, with sides of 33 m. They are three-armed earthfills 0.7 m high from the migration period . In the center of the western Treudd there is a one meter high boulder , similar to that of Lyngsta (d) . Archaeological literature connects the three arms with the Norse gods Odin, Thor and Freya.

literature

  • Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 237

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorter 2015, byggnader, areal, överlapp tatorter, coordinater (Excel file)