Katthammarsvik

Katthammarsvik
Katthammarsvik
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Gotland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gotland
Municipality  :	Gotland
Coordinates :	57 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 26 '  N , 18 ° 51'  E
SCB code :	S2445
Status:	Småort
Residents :	167 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	0.98 km²
Population density :	170 inhabitants / km²

Katthammarsvik is a village ( småort ) in Östergarnland on the east coast of the Swedish island Gotland, which protrudes into the Baltic Sea .

The Östergarnland is characterized by the Grogarns- and Östergarnsberg , two limestone hills . In between there are agricultural and pasture areas. Beach meadows and heather pastures continue to the west of Katthammars Bay. The stony coast is characterized by rocky slopes. Katthammarsvik spreads out along the road to the harbor.

Katthammarsvik

Limestone industry

In the middle of the 17th century limestone was quarried on the rocky slopes near Katthammarsvik . There were lime kilns built and limescale. Lime and limestone were shipped from the port. The work reached its peak in the middle of the 19th century. Usually around 30 people were busy breaking, transporting and operating the former cable car that carried the stone from Gannberg to the harbor. The quarry was abandoned in 1921. In the bay are the large Kalkpatronhöfe, Katthamra and Borgvik.

Katthamra

Katthamra

The main building and wing of Katthamra were built of stone in the 17th century. The magazine and barn were added later. At the beginning of the 19th century the courtyard was modernized. The main building received its present appearance with an upper floor. Inside, both floors were decorated with wall paintings in the Empire style. The businessman Axel Hägg, who married into the Dubbe family, was responsible for the transformation into a manor house. Jacob Dubbe was the most famous merchant on the island (see Jacobsbergs park ). The Hägg family lived in Katthamra until 1951. Then the farm was sold to the Swedish Tourist Association and turned into a youth hostel. The main building is open to the public.

Borgvik

Harbor view

Borgvik was able to retain its character as the 18th century chalk patron's farm, although the main building was changed after the farm became a boarding school. A two-storey packing house with a slate roof stands on the courtyard property. The brewery contains a bakery with two ovens, next to it is the former smithy. Further down towards the sea is the linen kitchen. A plank house storage room with two floors also belongs to the courtyard. The courtyard is still surrounded on two sides by high walls with gabled portals . At the port lie the ruins of the lime kiln and the prison. Today Borgvik is developed for tourism with a boarding house, café and handicraft shop. It preserves an environment that shows what a lime patron farm on Gotland might have looked like in the 18th century.

In the rest of the old buildings in Katthammarsvik, the character of the gray lime patron farms contrasts with the simple plank houses of the workers along the country road and the dwellings of the fishermen. The Länsmanshof, a stately stone building with a high cellar, dates back to the early 19th century, as does the Annas nöje summer house , whose two-story main building has a magnificent baroque gable, inspired by the gable of the so-called Torsmanska hus on the Visby harbor. The merchant Jacob Dubbe gave this house to his wife Anna Torsman.

Katthammarsvik became a popular holiday destination just before the turn of the 20th century. Summer villas were built in the Swiss style with large glass verandas.

literature

• Marita Jonsson, Sven-Olof Lindquist: Gotland cultural guide. Almqvist and Wiksell, Uppsala 1993, ISBN 91-88036-09-X , pp. 31-33.

Individual evidence

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