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11-397: Lärbro is also the name of the larger populated area, socken (not to be confused with parish ). It comprises the same area as the administrative Lärbro District, established on 1   January 2016. Lärbro is the name of the locality surrounding the medieval Lärbro Church , sometimes referred to as Lärbro kyrkby . It is also the name of the socken as well as the district. Lärbro

22-674: A new administrative division and area for statistics , registration districts or simply districts, was introduced in Sweden. Geographically, the districts correspond with the parishes of the Church of Sweden as of 31   December 1999. About 85% of the old sockens corresponds with the new districts. Even though the term socken is no longer used administratively in Sweden, it is still used for cataloging and registering historical archives ( Swedish National Heritage Board ), botany , dialect research, toponymy and by local historical societies. Socken

33-448: A registration unit for buildings, in Sweden recently replaced by identical districts as registration unit. A socken consists of several villages and industry localities ( company towns ), and is typically named after the main village and the original church. Socken, in old Swedish sokn (compare: Danish and bokmål sogn , nynorsk sokn ) is an archaic name for the original country church parishes, kyrksocken . It also describes

44-543: A secular area, a sockenkommun ("rural area locality") or a taxation area, a jordbokssocken . In the Nordic countries a socken was an administrative area consisting of several villages or localities in much the same way as the civil parishes in England , but the concept is not used in reference to towns. A socken had a socken church, it was governed by a socken council and it was the predecessor to modern municipalities In 1862,

55-515: Is a convenient parameter for these purposes since it does not change with time. Parishes of the Church of Sweden The Parishes of the Church of Sweden ( Swedish : Svenska kyrkans församlingar ) are subdivisions within the Church of Sweden that historically were called socken but nowadays are called församling . Similar units were used for municipal ( landskommun ) and cadastral purposes ( jordebokssocknar or jordregistersocknar ) until

66-498: Is an rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken originally served as a parish . Later it also served as a civil parish or an administrative parish , and became a predecessor to today's municipalities of Sweden , Finland , Norway and Denmark . Today it is a traditional area with frozen borders, in Sweden typically identical to those of the early 20th century rural parishes. The socken also served as

77-557: Is located in the northern part of Gotland, approximately 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Slite . As of 2019, Lärbro Church belongs to Forsa parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat , along with the churches in Hellvi , Hangvar , Hall and Hallshuk . One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt , 10126 Lärbro , is named after this place. From 1921 to 1960, Lärbro had a railway connection with Visby . The locality's main source of income

88-632: Is tourism. Gann Church ruin is in Lärbro. This article about a location in Gotland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Socken Socken ( Swedish: [ˈsʊ̌kːɛn] or [ˈsɔ̌kːɛn] ) is the name used for a part of a county in Sweden. In Denmark similar areas are known as sogn , in Norway sokn or sogn and in Finland pitäjä (socken) . A socken

99-473: The kyrksockens ("church socken") and the sockenkommuns ("rural area locality") in Sweden were abolished as administrative areas during municipality reforms. The jordbrukssocken ("taxation area") remained in use until the Fastighetsdatareformen ("Reform for registration of real property") 1976–1995 was complete. No further alterations to the sockens was made after this. On 1   January 2016,

110-482: The 20th century. After the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century the church also became a state church and as such was charged with administrative tasks like as keeping the civic registry . Parishes were also used as cadastral units ( jordebokssocknar , later jordregistersocknar ), sometimes with slightly different borders. Eventually religious and civil matters became separated in two entities within

121-426: The same district (in 1863), the religious congregation ( församling ) and the civil parish or rural municipality ( landskommun ). The civil parish handled municipal tasks, but the congregation still retained a significant share of influence, including responsibility for schools. The civil parishes were merged to larger municipalities, in most cases in 1952. Some civil parishes remained as separate municipalities until

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