Angerdshestra Church

Angerdshestra (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈânːjæɖʂˌhɛsːtra])[1] is a village and former parish in Småland, Sweden. It is located in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden. Angerdshestra is a woodland rich with moss around the Nissan river. In the parish there are about 80 ancient sites, mainly in smaller burial grounds with stone constructions of older Iron Age type.[2][3]

Angerdshestra Church (Angerdshestra kyrka) was built of wood in 1669. Both the church exterior and roof are clad with wooden shingles. Adjacent to the church is a wooden bell tower which was built at that same time. The church was rebuilt in 1817 to the current three-sided choir. During a restoration in 1910, lumber from a previous wooden church was found from the early 1200s, partly with fragments of wall paintings from the early 1500s. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 4.
  2. ↑ lansstyrelsen.se. "Angerdshestra prästskog". Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Nissan". uppslagsverk encyklopedi. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Angerdshestra kyrka 1669". svenskakyrkan.se. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Angerdshestra kyrka". guidebook-sweden.com. Retrieved January 1, 2019.

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