Mittmille stone

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The Mittmille stone is an old marker in the north of the Swedish island of Öland in the Baltic Sea .

location

The stone is in the Kronopark of Böda north of Böda directly on the road 136 at the junction to Lyckesand.

Appearance

When Mitt Mille-Stein is a road maintenance stone from the 18th or 19th century. Such stones usually have inscriptions with information about the route to be preserved. At the top of the Mittmille stone is "1/4", which can be interpreted as a quarter mile. The next milestone is a quarter of a mile away. In Sweden a mile (Swedish mil ) was 10,688.54 m in length until 1889. Therefore, on the Swedish road maintenance stones, you can often find fractions for the length of the paths and roads to be preserved. Below the fraction number on the Mittmille stone is the number 53 and various successive initials, probably the abbreviations of the names of those obliged to maintain the road. The stone, about one meter high, is made of red limestone from Öland .

Legends

The lavishly designed stone differs in its appearance from other Swedish road markings, which were often only made of wood or uncut stone. This gave rise to legends about the function of the stone. In particular, the origin of the custom that confirmands wreath this stone with flowers every year no longer seems to have been handed down. In another legend, the stone has the function of a boundary stone between two parish districts. Pallbearers who transported the deceased from the northern villages of Öland to the church of Böda a little further south are said to have been relieved by corpse- bearers from the south on the border. In truth, however, the stone is roughly in the middle of the parish of Böda. Nevertheless, it is possible that the pallbearers from the northern villages took a break at this trail mark or let themselves be detached.

In Denmark, similar stones are called "Milepæl".

literature

  • Jonas Frykman and Billy Ehn (eds.): Minnesmärken. Att tolka det förflutna och besvärja framtiden. Carlsson, Stockholm 2007
  • Alf Jarbäck: Mittmillestenen . In: Åkerbo hembygdskrets årsbok 1984 , pp. 7-11, Åkerbos hembygdskrets, Löttorp 1984

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurt Lundgren: Varför står denna sten här? Kalmar Läns Tidning / Nybro Tidning from February 20, 2007
  2. ↑ Tom Hedlund: Monument och mossiga minnesmärken . Review in the SvD of December 30, 2007 (description of the legend in the article at the bottom)

Coordinates: 57 ° 17 '27.5 "  N , 17 ° 1' 9.5"  E