Sankt Olofsholm

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Rauken near Sankt Olofsholm
Ruins of the Sankt Olofs Church

Sankt Olofsholm is a peninsula in the parish of Hellvi in ​​the northeastern part of the Swedish island of Gotland . According to the Gutasaga , the Norwegian King Olof Haraldson ( Olav the Saint ) is said to have landed on a trip to Russia in 1029 near Sankt Olofsholm, which was then called Akergarn. He is said to have Christianized Gotland at that time. A church was built at this location to commemorate this presumed shore leave. Parts of it are built into a storage building that still exists today. In the eastern part of Sankt Olofsholm there is an 11 hectare nature reserve . It covers large parts of the hill south of the old port.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ S: t Olofsholm. In: European Environment Agency. Retrieved January 31, 2012 .
  2. S: t Olofsholm nature reserve. (No longer available online.) In: Länsstyrelsen Gotland. Archived from the original on October 7, 2014 ; Retrieved January 31, 2012 (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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lansstyrelsen.se

Web links

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Coordinates: 57 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 54 ′ 33 ″  E