Varnhem Abbey Church
Varnhem Abbey Church is a church in Varnhem socken, Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Varnhem Abbey Church is situated nearby to the museum Kata Farm, as well as near the lake Kusen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: Swedish abbey church
- Also known as: “Varnhems klosterkyrka” and “Varnhems Klosterkyrka”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Varnhem Abbey and Kata Farm.
Varnhem Abbey
Park
Photo: An-d, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Varnhem Abbey in Varnhem, Västergötland, Sweden was founded around 1150 by monks of the Cistercian Order from Alvastra Abbey in Östergötland. The Cistercian Order used the same floor plan for all its abbeys, which makes it possible to easily locate the different rooms and halls regardless of the building site.
Kata Farm
Museum
Kata Farm is the remains of a large Viking-age farming estate, located in Varnhem, Västra Götaland. The ruins include a crypt dated to the late 10th century A.D, which could make it the oldest Christian church in Sweden. Kata Farm is situated 150 metres southeast of Varnhem Abbey Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Varnhem and Axvall.
Varnhem
Village
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Varnhem is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 707 inhabitants in 2010. Varnhem is the location of the oldest known stone church in Sweden outside of Scania, erected in the 1040s at the latest.
Axvall
Village
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Axvall is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 1,186 inhabitants in 2010. Axvall is situated 4½ km west of Varnhem Abbey Church.
Eggby
Village
Photo: Nasko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eggby is a locality situated in Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 231 inhabitants in 2010. Eggby is situated 6 km north of Varnhem Abbey Church.
Varnhem Abbey Church
Latitude
58.38451° or 58° 23′ 4″ northLongitude
13.65488° or 13° 39′ 18″ eastElevation
147 metres (482 feet)Inception
1150Operator
Svenska kyrkanOpen location code
9FCM9MM3+RXOpenStreetMap ID
way 24157552OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Varnhem Abbey Church” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Abdijkerk van Varnhem”
- Dutch: “Varnhems klosterkyrka”
- Finnish: “Varnhemin luostarikirkko”
- Finnish: “Varnhems klosterkyrka”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Varnhems klosterkirke”
- Norwegian: “Varnhems klosterkirke”
- Russian: “Varnhems klosterkyrka”
- Russian: “Церковь аббатства Варнхем”
- Slovenian: “cerkev opatije Varnhem”
- Swedish: “Varnhems klosterkyrka”
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