Komstad
Komstad is a village in the Swedish municipality of Sävsjö in the province of Jönköpings län and the historic province (landskap) Småland .
The small village has fewer than 50 inhabitants (as of 2010) and is located west of Sävsjö . The village is well-known because large parts of it have the character of an open-air museum . Several historical buildings are owned by the Komstad kvarn Foundation and are used for museum purposes. North of the village is the island of Kringlan , which is run as a Natura 2000 project. Ljungaån flows through the village . Lake Sävsjön is east of the village .
history
The existence of a watermill is described for Komstad as early as 1370 . Four Skvalt mills were mentioned for Komstad in the 17th century . The watermill preserved today in the town center was built in 1871 and operated with three water wheels. In 1894 there was a conversion and the use of a different drive. In 1981 the mill stopped its milling operations. Even today, the mill can grind grain and is also used to produce electricity. In the same year the frame saw , which is also powered by water power, was built. After a renovation in 1909, it was operated until 1946. In 1991 it received a new water wheel and is still functional today, with up to nine saw blades being operated. At the beginning of the 19th century there was also a circular saw powered by water power . In 1935 a circular saw, which is still preserved today, was built and a forest museum is set up on the upper floor.
From 1734 to 1909 Komstad was the seat of the local court. The old courthouse Tingshuset is the oldest building in the village and is now privately owned. In 1825, Komstad on the road to Sävsjö was given a new courthouse and remand prison. While the new courthouse was later moved to Vrigstad and serves as a guesthouse there, the prison building is still preserved in Komstad today. There were also executions. These took place on a gallows hill on the way to Vrigstad.
The place does not have a church, it belonged to the parish of Norra Ljunga .
A factory for the manufacture of millstones was opened in the village in 1907 and worked until 1990. The millstones were cast from magnesite , emery and pebbles . The production facility is still fully in place today. In 1923 a village shop opened in Komstad, which operated until 1975 and has remained unchanged since then.
In the course of the museum's use of the place, a historic smithy was set up in the place in 1989 . The historical tools located there come from a forge in Sävsjöbyn . Until 1913 there were blacksmiths and coppersmiths in Komstad. In 1992 a water-powered Skvalt mill followed. In a former cowshed there is a harvest museum in which agricultural implements are on display.
A memorial stone for the Swedish painter Pehr Hörberg stands south of Komstad on the road towards Norra Ljunga . There are also several prehistoric sites and facilities in the vicinity of Komstad. There is a fragment of a rune stone on the road to Sävsjö.
Personalities
Jonas Bronck , who emigrated to North America and gave its name to the New York borough of Bronx , was born in Komstad .
literature
- Malin Gumaelius, Sofie Lilja, Komstad - en del av Upplevelseriket , Sävsjö kommun, 2008 (Swedish / English / German)
Coordinates: 57 ° 24 ' N , 14 ° 37' E