Jönköping Municipality
Visingsö
Visingsö socken

Brahe Church

Brahe Church is a church building on the island of in the lake of in . Belonging to the Visingsö Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1636 as Wisingsborg Castle Church.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: Church of Sweden churchbuilding on the island of Visingsö within the Lake of Vättern in Sweden
  • Also known as: “Brahekyrkan”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Visingsö and Visingsborg.

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is an island in the middle of Lake Vättern. It is located in Municipality, in the province of , and has 716 inhabitants.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 520 metres east of Brahe Church.

Church
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is situated 2½ km north of Brahe Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tunnerstad and Gränna.

Village
Photo: Marcus Bornestav, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a locality situated on the island of in , , , and had 295 inhabitants in 2010.

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, archaic spelling Grenna, is a town in northern , at the eastern shore of lake Vättern, Sweden's second largest lake. is known for the peppermint rock candy, referred to as “polkagris” in Swedish.

Brahe Church

Latitude
58.03497° or 58° 2′ 6″ north
Longitude
14.34326° or 14° 20′ 36″ east
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Operator
Svenska kyrkan
Open location code
9FCP28MV+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 242268657
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
8131299
Wiki­data ID
Q10434636
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Brahe Church” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Brahe Kirke”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه براهى”
  • Swedish: “Brahekyrkan”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brahe Church”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.