Tingstäde

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Tingstäde

|image_skyline = Tingstäde kyrka, gammal portal.jpg

|image_caption = Portal at Tingstäde 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_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |title=Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km² 2005 och 2010 |date=14 December 2011 |publisher=Statistics Sweden |language=Swedish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127055525/http://www.scb.se/Statistik/MI/MI0810/2010A01/Tatorternami0810tab1_4.xls |archivedate=27 January 2012 |url-status=live |accessdate=10 January 2012 }}

|area_total_km2 = 1.16

|population_as_of = 31 December 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|accessdate=25 May 2016}}

|population_total = 372

|population_density_km2 =

|timezone = CET

|utc_offset = +1

|timezone_DST = CEST

|utc_offset_DST = +2

|coordinates = {{coord|57|44|N|18|35|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}

|website =

}}

Tingstäde 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=969&tab=2&page=1 this map] from the Swedish National Heritage Board database. It comprises the same area as the administrative Tingstäde 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|accessdate=25 May 2016}}

Tingstäde is most noted for its nearby lake Lake Tingstäde, which contains the sunken Bulverket fortification, built, used and abandoned during the 12th century.{{cite book|last1=Rönnby|first1=Johan|title=Bålverket: om samhällsförändring och motstånd med utgångspunkt från det tidigmedeltida Bulverket i Tingstäde träsk på Gotland|trans-title=The Bulverk: About changes in society and resistance, using the Medieval Bulverket in Lake Tingstäde on Gotland as a starting point|series=Studier från UV Stockholm, 99-2067501-6Skrifter / Riksantikvarieämbetet, Arkeologiska undersökningar, 1102-187X; 10|date=1995|location=Stockholm|publisher=Byrån för arkeologiska undersökningar, Swedish National Heritage Board|language=Swedish|isbn=91-7192-974-6|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/7619309}}