Visingsborg
Visingsborg is a castle in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County. Visingsborg is situated nearby to Brahe Church, as well as near the village Tunnerstad.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Jorgenpawiki, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Visingsö and Brahe Church.
Visingsö
Visingsö is an island in the middle of Lake Vättern. It is located in Jönköping Municipality, in the Swedish province of Småland, and has 716 inhabitants.
Brahe Church
Church
Brahe Church is a church building on the island of Visingsö in the lake of Vättern in Sweden. Belonging to the Visingsö Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1636 as Wisingsborg Castle Church. Brahe Church is situated 520 metres west of Visingsborg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tunnerstad and Gränna.
Tunnerstad
Village
Photo: Marcus Bornestav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tunnerstad is a locality situated on the island of Visingsö in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden, and had 295 inhabitants in 2010.
Gränna
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gränna, archaic spelling Grenna, is a town in northern Småland, at the eastern shore of lake Vättern, Sweden's second largest lake. Gränna is known for the peppermint rock candy, referred to as “polkagris” in Swedish.
Visingsborg
- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden
- Categories: château, ruins, ancient monument, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jönköping Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.03487° or 58° 2′ 6″ northLongitude
14.35205° or 14° 21′ 7″ eastElevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
9FCP29M2+WROpenStreetMap ID
way 240752122OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Visingsborg” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Visingsborg”
- Dutch: “Visingsborg”
- German: “Visingsborg”
- Latin: “Wisingsburgum”
- Swedish: “Visingsborg”
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