Hemse

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Swedish actress, see Rebecka Hemse .

Hemse
Hemse
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Gotland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gotland
Municipality  :	Gotland
Coordinates :	57 ° 14 ′  N , 18 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 57 ° 14 ′  N , 18 ° 22 ′  E
SCB code :	2512
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	1668 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	2.13 km²
Population density :	783 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Gotland County

Hemse is after the capital Visby 's second largest city ( tätort ) on the Swedish island of Gotland in the province County of Gotland and the historical county of Gotland.

The town in Gotland is 45 kilometers south of the city of Visby as the crow flies , but it is about 50 kilometers on the winding road 142. In the 19th century the place Hemse was an important market place. There is a medieval church in Hemse . The stave church , which previously stood in the same place, has been partially reconstructed. The library in Hemse contains the Sonja Åkesson archive.

Parish

The parish ( Swedish socks ) Hemse has 24.58 km², of which 24.53 km² are land area, and 1740 inhabitants (as of 2010).

Land use

The area is predominantly used for agriculture and has small areas of forest. Part of the area consists of drained parts of the Mästermyr , Stånga myr and Rone myr moors .

Farm names

Farm names in the parish of Hemse are: Arges, Asarve, Bopparve, Frigges, Gannarve, Halldings, Hemse annex, Hulte, Kodings, Likmide, Lingvide, Mullvads, Ocksarve, Sindarve, Smiss, Tjängdarve.

Archaeological sites

From the Iron Age you can find graves, house foundations, star strands , Sliprännor and the hill fort Smiss slott . Silver treasures from the Viking Age have been found, as well as a large find of Roman silver coins.

Surname

The name was Hemsy in the 14th century . A translation is not known.

Personalities

• Ernst von Vegesack (1820–1903), member of parliament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
2. ^ Sonja Åkesson Society. Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
3. ↑ Hemse socks. (No longer available online.) In: Svensk uppslagsbok. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015 ; Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Hemse. (jpg) (No longer available online.) In: Svensk uppslagsbok (original scan). Archived from the original on January 20, 2015 ; Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Swedish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Befolkning i Gotlands socknar. In: gotland.net. Retrieved March 10, 2013 (Swedish). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Otto Sjögren: Sverige geografisk beskrivning del 2 Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län . Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1931.
7. ↑ Förteckning över slipskåror. Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Swedish National Encyclopedia
9. ↑ Hemse. In: State Historical Museum (Sweden) . Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
10. ↑ Sökresult Hemse socken. In: Riksantikvarieämbetet . Retrieved April 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
11. ↑ Mats Wahlberg: ortnamnslexikon Svenskt. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen . Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .