Hejnum

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Hejnum

|image_skyline = Gårdsport Riddare Hejnum.jpg

|image_caption = The gate portal at Riddare in Hejnum

|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_footnotes = {{cite book|editor=Carlquist, Gunnar|title=Svensk Uppslagsbok|date=1947–1955|publisher=Förlagshuset Norden|location=Malmö|edition=2nd|chapter=Hejnum socken|language=sv|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/11112}}

|area_total_km2 = 45.01

|population_as_of = 2016

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Gotland i siffror 2017|trans-title=Gotland in numbers 2017|url=http://www.gotland.se/64224|website=www.gotland.se|publisher=Gotland Municipality|access-date=5 January 2019|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130042935/http://gotland.se/64224|url-status=dead}}

|population_total = 102

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates =

|website = {{url|hejnum.se}}

}}

Hejnum 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=936&tab=2&page=1# this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Hejnum 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=5 January 2019}}

Geography

Hejnum is situated in the northern inland of Gotland just south of Lake Tingstäde. Central Hejnum consists of flat farmlands with forest area in the west and east.{{cite web|title=Hejnum|url=https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/hejnum|website=www.ne.se|publisher=Nationalencyklopedin|access-date=5 January 2019}} The medieval Hejnum Church is situated in the socken.{{cite web |url= http://kulturarvsdata.se/raa/bbr/html/21300000002771|title= Hejnums kyrka|website=www.kulturarvsdata.se|publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board|access-date=5 January 2019}} {{As of|2019}}, Hejnum Church belongs to Väskinde parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat, along with the churches in Väskinde, Fole, Lokrume, Bro and

Bäl.{{cite web |title=Församlingar på Gotland |url=https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/visbystift/f |website=www.svenskakyrkan.se |publisher=Church of Sweden |access-date=11 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=11 January 2019}}

There are four nature reserves in Hejnum: File hajdar, Hejnum hällar, Kallgatburg and Tiselhagen.{{cite web |title=Länkar Hejnum |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?avd=57&ord=Hejnum&snr=46 |website=www.guteinfo.com |publisher=Guteinfo}}

History

One of the most magnificent medieval gate portals on Gotland, is at the Riddare farm in Hejnum.{{cite web |first=Bernt |last= Enderborg |title=Gårdsporten vid Riddare |url=http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=1788 |website=www.guteinfo.com |publisher=Guteinfo |access-date=5 January 2019}}

References

External links

[https://digitaltmuseum.se/search/?aq=text%3A%22Hejnum+socken+gotlands%22 Objects from Hejnum at the Digital Museum] by Nordic Museum
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Category:Populated places in Gotland County