Ireviken

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Ireviken
Ihrviken
Waters Baltic Sea
Land mass Gotland
Geographical location 57 ° 50 '30 "  N , 18 ° 35' 53"  E Coordinates: 57 ° 50 '30 "  N , 18 ° 35' 53"  E
Ireviken (Gotland)
Ireviken
Coastline 10 km
Tributaries Ireån

Ireviken (also Ihrviken ) is a bay with more than 10 km of coastline on the west coast of the Swedish island of Gotland . This coastal area is located in the Hangvar parish , 28 km north of Visby . The river Ireån coming from Tingstädeträsk flows into the bay.

Beach and nature

The bay is framed by high cliffs , which mean that many consider the beach, which is in the middle of the coastline, to be one of the most beautifully situated on the island. It is also one of the most visited beaches on Gotland and is considered one of Gotland's best bathing beaches.

Ireviken is a holiday home area, which is characterized by the almost 200 summer houses that are located on forest properties. The houses were built a long time ago and the area therefore has a special character without the atmosphere of a mass-produced holiday home area.

Sigsarve Beach is located in the northern part of Ireviken. This also forms the beginning of the 28 km² largest nature reserve on Gotland, Hall Hangvars nature reserve . From Sigsarve the nature reserve extends over a 25 km long coastal stretch. In the eastern part of the reserve, on the other side of the road, lies the Träskmyr bog , the largest preserved bog on Gotland. It is a so-called agmyr (Swedish for a chalk- rich moor in which the rush edge (Swedish ag ) is dominant) on Gotland. There are also many unusual orchids in the nature reserve, for example the common needle rose (Swedish Gotlandssolvända ) and brown eyebright (Swedish brun ögontröst ).

The gender of yours

Your gård is on the road that leads from road 149 to the bay. Your gender comes from here . The earliest known owner of the farm was called Hans Eire . His grandson Thomas Ihr moved from Visby to Lund to eventually become canon in Linköping .

prehistory

Ireviken has many places of residence from the Stone Age and the Bronze Age . There are remains of prehistoric fortifications in the cliffs.

Web links

swell

  1. ↑ Bengt G. Söderberg Gotland sällsamheter. Sagor och sannsagor från gutarnas ö. Rabén & Sjögren i samarbete med Svenska turistfören, Stockholm 1975, ISBN 91-29-44939-1 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ Naturskyddsforeningen: Gotland (Swedish)

literature

  • Jens-Henrik Kloth, Ulf Lovén: Gotland's nature. En reseguide. Gotlands Fornsals förlag, Visby 2001, ISBN 91-88036-40-5 , p. 74 (Swedish).