Lessebo Church

Lessebo Church is a church in Hovmantorp socken, Lessebo Municipality, Kronoberg County. Lessebo Church is situated nearby to Lessebo Handpappersbruk, as well as near the railway stop Lessebo station.

Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lessebo Handpappersbruk and Lessebo station.

Lessebo Handpappersbruk

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Lessebo Handpappersbruk is situated 480 metres south of Lessebo Church.

Lessebo station

Railway stop

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Lessebo station is a railway stop, which is situated 1 km west of Lessebo Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lessebo and Hovmantorp.

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.

Hovmantorp

Village

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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. Hovmantorp is situated 9 km northwest of Lessebo Church.

Lessebo 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

56.7524° or 56° 45′ 9″ north

Longitude

15.27198° or 15° 16′ 19″ east

Elevation

171 metres (561 feet)

Operator

Svenska kyrkan

Open location code

9F8QQ72C+XQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 632236572

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=lutheran

GeoNames ID

8129628

Wikidata ID

Q10559671

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In Other Languages

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

Danish: “Lessebo Kirke”
Swedish: “Lessebo kyrka”

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