Borgholm Municipality
Borgholm is a municipality (in Swedish kommun ) in the Swedish province of Kalmar County, in the north of the historic province of Oland. The main town of the municipality is Borgholm.
Geography
The community Borgholm covers the entire northern part of the island. In the north and east borders the community to the Baltic Sea, to the west by the Kalmar Strait. In the extreme north is the bay Grankullaviken thereof, to the east the well-known because of its long sandy beach Bödabucht. The east coast is characterized by many small bays like Melösaviken. On the east coast lie with Gaxa and Sikavarp two desolate has become, significant in earlier centuries ports.
With Amunds Mosse, Djurstad träsk, Dyestads Mosse, Gillsby mossar, Knisa Mosse, Norra mossen, Petgärdeträsk and Vanserums mossar The municipality has various wetlands. Many swamps such as Skedemosse were drained in the past. In the north of the municipality lies with the Hornsviken also the only correct lake Öland.
Special features are the Kalmar Strait lies along the coast Rauksteingebiet Byrums raukar and the north of Byxelkrok located rubble benches Neptuni Akrar.
With the Mittlandsskogen in the south of the community, broader areas of forest in the ecological park Boda ( Trollskogen, Bödakusten östra ) in the north and areas on the west coast ( Halltorps hage ) has the town of Borgholm on larger forests.
Directly east of Highway 136 between Borgholm Köpingsvik is the striking rock formation Köpings Klint at whose feet the Santa Elof source springs.
An existing in the 20th century railway line was discontinued. Only in the northernmost part of the island is the Boda Skogsjärnväg a small railway.
Places
The following places are villages ( tätorter ):
- Björkviken
- Borgholm
- Köpingsvik
- Löttorp
- Rälla
In addition, there are several Småorte as Byxelkrok, Gärdslösa, Långlöt, Sandvik and Störlinge, as well as various villages with less than 50 inhabitants as Äleklinta, Alvedsjöbodar, Egby, Folkeslunda, Föra, Himmelsberga, Hörninge, Högby, Jordhamn, Kårehamn, Lerkaka, Ramsättra, Rönnerum, Skedemosse, Strandtorp and Torp.
Prehistoric sites
From the early settlement of Öland in prehistoric times is evident from a variety of finds, like the grave sites on Karums Alvar, Blå rör, the stone ship of Borgholm and the Roese at Ramsättra, the burial grounds of Byxelkrok, Folkeslunda, Ramsättra, Strandtorp and the burial ground on the Köpings klint.
Even old castles like Ismantorp and Runestones Bjärbystein, Hoga Flisa and Tingsflisan reminiscent of the long history of the colonization of the island.
Structures
In the village there is the royal summer residence Solliden Palace and the ruins of Borgholm Castle, which burned down in the 19th century. Near the castle ruins is the 19th-century hunting stone. Culture historically important is the Church of Gärdslösa and the former church Källa ödekyrka. Other churches include inter alia in Alböke, Borgholm, Egby, Högby, Köpingsvik and Långlöt. Only a ruin the St. Bridget 's Chapel is available on Kapelludden.
The Öland Museum Himmelsberga for art and cultural history, the cultural history of the large rural Öland dar. The City Museum Borgholm the capital of the municipality has its own museum.
For typical Öland are the many windmills, like the mills of Lerkaka and Störlinge. In addition to these windmills were also obtained Dutch windmills with Sandvik Kvarn and the mill of Strandtorp. A special feature is the facility for processing limestone scrubbing mill Jordhamn dar. addition to the limestone processing, the production of linen fabric was an important source of income. Get remained Flachsdarre Linbasta of Lerkaka.
Also Lighthouses like the Långe Erik on Stora will bottom at the northern tip of the island and the lighthouse Kapelludden shape the image of the community.
The remains of the old wall Jaktmuren hunting can be found in Trollskogen in the north of the municipality. Another special feature of the mid- Mille- stone, a route block, the Runestone Bjärby and the medieval stone cross Rynings kors dar.