Halla, Gotland
{{Distinguish|Hall, Gotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Halla
|image_skyline = Halla kyrka.jpg
|image_caption = Halla Church
|pushpin_map = Sweden Gotland
|pushpin_label_position =
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Sweden
|subdivision_type3 = Municipality
|subdivision_name3 = Gotland Municipality
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Gotland County
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Gotland
|area_total_km2 = 14.87
|population_as_of = 2014
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2015|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2015|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=30 August 2016|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}
|population_total = 231
|population_density_km2 =
|timezone = CET
|utc_offset = +1
|timezone_DST = CEST
|utc_offset_DST = +2
|coordinates = {{coord|57|30|39|N|18|29|50|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
|website =
}}
Halla is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of [http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?parish=930&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Halla District, established on 1{{nbsp}}January 2016.{{cite web|title=Förordning om district|trans-title=Regulation of districts|url=http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/15/150493.PDF|date=17 June 2015|publisher=Ministry of Finance|access-date=30 August 2016}}
Geography
Halla is situated in central Gotland.{{cite web|title=Halla|url=http://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/lång/halla|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=30 August 2016}} The medieval Halla Church is located in the socken.{{cite book|last1=Lagerlöf|first1=Erland|last2= Svahnström|first2=Gunnar|title=Gotlands kyrkor|trans-title=Gotland's Churches|language=sv|id={{LIBRIS|7232718}}|date=1973|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-29-41035-5|pages=165–166}} {{As of|2019}}, Halla Church belongs to Vänge parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Vänge, Buttle, Guldrupe, Sjonhem and Viklau.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=12 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=Visby stifts indelning 2018 |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=1714164 |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=12 January 2019}}
History
In 1904, the Broe helmet (RAÄ number Halla 48:1){{cite web |title=Föremål 273905. SHM 12291 |url=http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=273905 |website=www.historiska.se |publisher=Swedish History Museum |access-date=9 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=RAÄ-nummer Halla 48:1 |url=http://www.fmis.raa.se/cocoon/fornsok/search.html?tab=3&page=1&objektid=10093000480001 |website=www.raä.se |publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board |access-date=9 October 2019}} was found in a cremation grave at Broe farm, Högbro in Halla. It is a decorated Vendel iron helmet, of which only fragments remain.{{cite journal | date = 1907 | title = Statens Historiska Museum och k. Myntkabinettet: Tilväxten år 1904 | journal = Månadsblad: 1903–1905 | publisher = Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities | volume = 31–34 | pages = 169 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=h8pAAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA5-PA169 | language = sv }}{{cite book | last = Nerman | first = Birger | author-link = Birger Nerman | title = Die Vendelzeit Gotlands: Provisorisches Verzeichnis der Tafelfiguren | date = 1969b | publisher = Almqvist & Wiksell | location = Stockholm | language = de | id = {{LIBRIS|439063}}}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Halla, Gotland}}
- [http://digitaltmuseum.se/search?query=Halla%20socken%20gotlands Objects from Halla at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County
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