Burs
Burs is a populated area, a socken, on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Burs District, established on 1 January 2016. As of 2015, Gustaf Edman from Burs was probably Sweden's tallest man.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: socken in Gotland, Sweden, comprising the same area as the district
- Also known as: “Burs socken” and “Burs, Gotland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Burs Church.
Burs Church
Church
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burs Church is a medieval church in Burs on the Swedish island of Gotland. The oldest parts of the church is the Romanesque nave, while the large choir is Gothic and richly decorated in the style of the time.
Burs
- Category: socken
- Location: Stånga-Burs, Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Burs” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burs socken”
- Chinese: “Burs Kàu-khu”
- Danish: “Burs sogn”
- Finnish: “Bur”
- Finnish: “Burin pitäjä”
- Finnish: “Burs socken”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Burs Kàu-khu”
- Swedish: “Burs socken”
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