Barlingbo

Barlingbo

Farmlands in Barlingbo
Barlingbo
Coordinates: 57°33′52″N 18°27′47″E / 57.56444°N 18.46306°E / 57.56444; 18.46306Coordinates: 57°33′52″N 18°27′47″E / 57.56444°N 18.46306°E / 57.56444; 18.46306
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Area[1]
 • Total 16.87 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population (2014)[2]
 • Total 265
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website www.barlingbosidan.se

Barlingbo is a settlement in the central part of the island of Gotland, Sweden. It is mostly known for the Stafva Manor, the largest cheese producer, and once one of the largest farms, on Gotland.

Etymology

The name Barlingbo was first mentioned in 1380. It comes from bard, meaning "edge" or "ridge", and inge meaning "inhabitants". The last part, bo, means "settlement". This gives the meaning of Barlingbo as "the ridge people's settlement".[3]

History

Barlingbo dates back to Medieval times. It is the name of a larger area surrounding Barlingbo Church, the Barlingbo socken. It was originally part of the Endre thing, which in turn was in the northernmost of the three original districts (similar to ridings) that Gotland was divided into during the Middle Ages. In 1862, it became an independent municipality. In 1952, it was incorporated into the Romakloster municipality and in 1971, all of Gotland became one municipality.[4] The boatswains from Barlingbo under the allotment system, were part of the First Gotlandic Boatswains Company.[5]

There are 40 known Iron Age graves in Barlingbo. A Viking silver treasure has also been found.[6][7][8]

Geography

Primarily, Barlingbo is only the small 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) village surrounding the Barlingbo Church,[9] but the name is also used for the larger surrounding area, Barlingbo socken. It is in the middle of the north part of Gotland. The land is flat and most of it is cultivated. The two mires, Stormyr and Lillmyr, have been drained and are now farmlands. The only forested areas are the east, north and west borders of the socken.[6][10][11]

Stafva Manor

Stafva Manor

Stafva (sometimes spelled Stava) was one of the largest farms on Gotland. It was bought in 1866, by Arthur von Corswant and has since been owned by that family for five generations. The main building was constructed by the former owner major J.E. Ahlgren by connecting two older stone buildings. In order to convert the land into farmland, Corswant felled most of the large oak groves in Barlingbo, something that caused much discontent among the inhabitants in the socken. His son, Willy von Corswant, was instrumental in the draining of the Roma and Stava mires, thereby creating even more farmland.[12][13]

The manor is a working farm with cheese and meat production. Stafva is the largest cheese producer on Gotland.[14] Three new stables for 1,200 beef cattle were inaugurated on 7 November 2007, by Minister of Agriculture Eskil Erlandsson.[15]

The Stafva estate was originally 726 ha (1,790 acres), 512 ha (1,270 acres) of that area was farmland, 23 ha (57 acres) used for grazing and 159 ha (390 acres) was forested. In 2011, 650 ha (1,600 acres) of farmlands and forest as well as the stables, were sold. It became the largest property sale on Gotland ever, with a price of SEK 88 million.[16]

Stafva has its own wind turbine. It was the first turbine bought by, and used on, a farm in Sweden. It is 40 m (130 ft) high, the rotation diameter of the turbine blades is 30 m (98 ft) and it was started in 1992. About 25% of the 300,000 kWh it produces each year, is used by the Stava estate. The rest of the electricity is sold to the Gotlands Energi AB (GEAB).[17]

References

  1. ↑ Carlquist, Gunnar (ed.). Barlingbo socken. Malmö: Svensk uppslagsbok–Baltiska förlaget.
  2. ↑ "Gotland i siffror" [Gotland in numbers]. www.gotland.se. Gotland Municipality. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon [Swedish location names dictionary] (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). ISBN 91-7229-020-X.
  4. ↑ Harlén, Hans; Harlén, Eivy (2003). Sverige från A till Ö: geografisk-historisk uppslagsbok [Sweden from A to Z: geographical and historical encyclopedia] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kommentus. ISBN 91-7345-139-8.
  5. ↑ Högman, Hans. "Gotlands båtsmanskompanier". www.algonet.se. Hans Högman. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 Sjögren, Otto, ed. (1931). Sverige: geografisk beskrivning [Sweden: a geographical description] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
  7. ↑ "Barlingbo socken". www.historiska.se. Swedish History Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Barlingbo". www.raa.se. Swedish National Heritage Board. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Småorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010, fortsättning" [Statistics area, population, 2005 and 2010] (PDF). www.scb.se. Statistics Sweden. p. 23. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Bergman, Mats; Edlund, Lars-Erik; Selinge, Klas-Göran. "Barlingbo". www.ne.se (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin.
  11. ↑ "Om...". www.barlingbosidan.se. Barlingbo Heritage Society. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  12. ↑ Wennerdal, Maj (1985). Sällsamheter på Gotland [Singularities on Gotland] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. p. 176. ISBN 91-29-56985-0.
  13. ↑ "Gotländska gårdar. Stava egendom i Barlingbo och Follingbo." [Gotland farms. Stava property in Barlingbo and Follingbo]. www.gutarforr.tingstade.com. Gotlands allehanda. 18 February 1937. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  14. ↑ Madestrand, Bo (2010). "Gutarnas gastronomi" [Gastronomy of the Gutes] (PDF). www.gourmet.se. Gourmet. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  15. ↑ Klint Langland, Eva. "Jordbruksministern invigde jättestallar vid Stafva" [Minister of agriculture inaugurate giant stables at Stafva]. www.helagotland.se. Helagotland. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Sitter kvar på Stafva gård" [Still holds Stafva]. www.helagotland.se. Helagotland. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  17. ↑ Wizelius, Tore (2009). Vindkraft på lantbruk [Wind power on farms] (PDF) (in Swedish) (2 ed.). Stockholm: Vindform förlag. pp. 7–8. ISBN 9789197824606.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barlingbo District.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, February 14, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.