Barlingbo

Barlingbo is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Barlingbo District, established on 1 January 2016.[4] It is mostly known for the Stafva Manor, the largest cheese producer, and once one of the largest farms, on Gotland.

Barlingbo
Farmlands in Barlingbo
Barlingbo
Coordinates: 57°33′52″N 18°27′47″E
CountrySweden
ProvinceGotland
CountyGotland County
MunicipalityGotland Municipality
Area
 • Total16.87 km2 (6.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2014)[2]
 • Total265
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Websitewww.barlingbosidan.se/barlingbo.htm

Geography

Barlingbo is the name of the socken as well as the district. 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.[5][6][7]

Barlingbo is also the name of the 0.22 km2 (0.085 sq mi) village surrounding the Barlingbo Church.(Barlingbo kyrka)[8] As of 2019, Barlingbo Church belongs to Barlingbo parish in Romaklosters pastorat. The church belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.[9][10]

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".[11]

History

Barlingbo dates back to Medieval times. It is the name of a larger area surrounding the medieval Barlingbo Church.[12] 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.[13] The boatswains from Barlingbo under the allotment system, were part of the First Gotlandic Boatswains Company.[14]

There are 40 known Iron Age graves in Barlingbo. A Viking silver treasure has also been found.[5][15][16]

Stafva Manor
Stafva Manor

Stafva Manor (Stafva gård) 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.[17][18]

The manor is a working farm with cheese and meat production. Stafva is the largest cheese producer on Gotland.[19] Three new stables for 1,200 beef cattle were inaugurated on 7 November 2007, by Minister of Agriculture Eskil Erlandsson.[20]

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.[21]

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 Stafva estate. The rest of the electricity is sold to the Gotlands Energi AB (GEAB).[22]

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. The exact extent of the socken, now district, can be obtained by clicking on Kartinställningar and check the Socken box in the menu of this map from the Swedish National Heritage Board database.
  4. "Förordning om district" [Regulation of districts] (PDF). Ministry of Finance. 17 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  5. Sjögren, Otto, ed. (1931). Sverige: geografisk beskrivning [Sweden: a geographical description] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
  6. Bergman, Mats; Edlund, Lars-Erik; Selinge, Klas-Göran. "Barlingbo". www.ne.se (in Swedish). Nationalencyklopedin.
  7. "Om..." www.barlingbosidan.se. Barlingbo Heritage Society. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  8. "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.
  9. "Församlingar på Gotland". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  10. "Visby stifts indelning 2018". www.svenskakyrkan.se. Church of Sweden. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. Wahlberg, Mats, ed. (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon [Swedish location names dictionary] (in Swedish). Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). ISBN 91-7229-020-X.
  12. Lagerlöf, Erland; Svahnström, Gunnar (1973). Gotlands kyrkor [Gotland's Churches] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. pp. 100–102. ISBN 91-29-41035-5. SELIBR 7232718.
  13. 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.
  14. Högman, Hans. "Gotlands båtsmanskompanier". www.algonet.se. Hans Högman. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  15. "Barlingbo socken". www.historiska.se. Swedish History Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  16. "Barlingbo". www.raa.se. Swedish National Heritage Board. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  17. Wennerdal, Maj (1985). Sällsamheter på Gotland [Singularities on Gotland] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. p. 176. ISBN 91-29-56985-0.
  18. "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.
  19. Madestrand, Bo (2010). "Gutarnas gastronomi" [Gastronomy of the Gutes] (PDF). www.gourmet.se. Gourmet. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  20. Klint Langland, Eva. "Jordbruksministern invigde jättestallar vid Stafva" [Minister of agriculture inaugurate giant stables at Stafva]. www.helagotland.se. Helagotland. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  21. "Sitter kvar på Stafva gård" [Still holds Stafva]. www.helagotland.se. Helagotland. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  22. Wizelius, Tore (2009). Vindkraft på lantbruk [Wind power on farms] (PDF) (in Swedish) (2 ed.). Stockholm: Vindform förlag. pp. 7–8. ISBN 9789197824606.
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