Lummelunda

Lummelunda
Lummelunda
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Gotland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gotland
Municipality  :	Gotland
Coordinates :	57 ° 46 '  N , 18 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 57 ° 46 '  N , 18 ° 27'  E
SCB code :	S2467
Status:	Småort
Residents :	114 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	0.36 km²
Population density :	317 inhabitants / km²
Telephone code :	0498
Postal code :	62171

Lummelunda is a village on the Swedish island of Gotland , 17 km north of Visby . The church of Lummelunda is located in the village . Lummelunda is also named for the parish ( Swedish socken ) Lummelunda and the grotto of Lummelunda about 4.5 km to the south .

The Statistiska centralbyrån has designated the southern part of the place together with the adjacent Etebols as småort Lommelunda och Etebols .

history

In 1350 the place was called "Lomalunda" . The name probably comes from the rectory. No translation is known for the first part of the name, while the ending “lund” could stand for “wood” or “small forest” , perhaps a sacred grove from pagan times.

The parish of Lummelunda is located on the west coast of Gotland, the place itself is about 1.5 km from the coast. The area of ​​the parish is characterized by flat terrain and wooded cliffs in the northwest. Lummelunda had 109 inhabitants and 20 hectares on December 31, 2010. The parish of Lummelunda had 397 inhabitants and 23.79 km², all of which is land area.

The nature reserve with the Lummelunda grotto is located in the parish of Lummelunda about 4.5 km south of the village and the church. Farm names in the parish of Lummelunda are: Björkume, Burge, Etebols, Kambs, Kinner, Lummelunda annexet, Lundbjers, Niome, Nygranne, Nyhamn, Skarpek, Skomakre, Smiss, Snaldarve, Tjauls, Överstekvarn.

Archaeological sites

There are Sliprannor in the parish . The area is also known for graves from the Stone Age and 15 grave fields from the Iron Age .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorter 2015, byggnader, areal, överlapp tatorter, coordinater (Excel file)
2. ↑ Mats Wahlberg: ortnamnslexikon Svenskt . Ed .: Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Uppsala. Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Swedish National Encyclopedia
4. ↑ ^{a b} Otto Sjögren: Sverige geografisk beskrivning del 2 Östergötlands, Jönköpings, Kronobergs, Kalmar och Gotlands län . Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1931.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Lummelunda socks. (No longer available online.) In: Svensk uppslagsbok. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014 ; Retrieved March 5, 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.  
6. ↑ Småorternas landareal, folkmängd and invånare per km² 2005 and 2010. (xls) Statistiska centralbyrån, archived from the original on October 4, 2012 ; Retrieved March 5, 2013 (Swedish). 
7. ↑ Befolkning i Gotlands socknar. In: gotland.net. Retrieved March 5, 2013 (Swedish). 
8. ↑ Förteckning över slipskåror. Retrieved March 10, 2013 (Swedish). 
9. ↑ Go, Lummelunda socks. State Historical Museum (Sweden) , accessed March 5, 2013 (Swedish). 
10. ↑ Lummelunda socks. In: Fornminnesregistret. Riksantikvarieämbetet , accessed March 5, 2013 (Swedish). 

Web links

• Lummelunda kyrkoarkiv. In: Nationella arkivdatabasen. Riksarkivet, accessed March 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Lummelunda. In: Digitalt Museum. Nordic Museum , accessed March 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Lummelunda. In: Ortsnamnregistret. Retrieved March 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Nyhamn fiskeläge i Lummelunda. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Lummelunda. In: gotland.net. Retrieved March 7, 2013 (Swedish). 
• Lummelunda socks in sv-Wikipedia