Hovmantorp Church

Hovmantorp Church is a church in Hovmantorp socken, Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County. Hovmantorp Church is situated nearby to the railway stop Hovmantorp Station.

Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Lutheran
Description: church building in Lessebo Municipality, Sweden
Also known as: “Hovmantorps Kyrka”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hovmantorp Station.

Hovmantorp Station

Railway stop

Photo: Olof Lagerkvist, CC BY 3.0.

Hovmantorp Station is a railway stop, which is situated 590 metres southeast of Hovmantorp Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hovmantorp and Furuby.

Hovmantorp

Village

Photo: L.G.foto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hovmantorp is the largest locality in Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 2,991 inhabitants in 2010. However, Hovmantorp is not the municipal seat, which is Lessebo.

Furuby

Village

Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Furuby is a locality situated in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 372 inhabitants in 2010. Furuby is situated 9 km northwest of Hovmantorp Church.

Lessebo is a locality and the seat of Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 2,737 inhabitants in 2010. The Lessebo community formed gradually around the paper and iron works that was founded in 1660. Lessebo is situated 9 km southeast of Hovmantorp Church.

Hovmantorp Church

Categories: architectural ensemble, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Hovmantorp socken, Hovmantorp, Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.78895° or 56° 47′ 20″ north

Longitude

15.13298° or 15° 7′ 59″ east

Elevation

159 metres (522 feet)

Operator

Svenska kyrkan

Open location code

9F8QQ4QM+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 525677641

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=lutheran

GeoNames ID

8129627

Wikidata ID

Q10526687

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Hovmantorp Church” goes by many names.

Danish: “Hovmantorp Kirke”
Swedish: “Hovmantorps kyrka”

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