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 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 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.
7-451: Gothem ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɡûːthɛm] ) is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish ), on the Swedish island of Gotland . It comprises the same area as the administrative Gothem District, established on 1 January 2016. Gothem is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name given to the small settlement close to the church in
14-523: 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, the kyrksockens ("church socken") and
21-577: The asteroids in the asteroid belt , 10809 Majsterrojr , is named after the Majsterrojr cairn in Gothem. One of the largest Bronze Age cairns on Gotland, the Majsterrojr , is in Gothem. It is approximately 4 m (13 ft) high and 33 m (108 ft) in diameter and is surrounded by Bronze Age graves. It is situated on a small hill with stacks , that have also been used as building material for
28-585: 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, a new administrative division and area for statistics , registration districts or simply districts,
35-464: The cairn and the graves. This article about a location in Gotland County , Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Socken 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 a secular area, a sockenkommun ("rural area locality") or
42-538: The socken, although that name is purely administrative and does not appear on maps. It is situated on the east coast of Gotland. One of Gotland's major streams, Gothemsån , has its outflow at Åminne in Gothem. The medieval Gothem Church is located in the socken. As of 2019, Gothem Church belongs to Gothem parish in Norra Gotlands pastorat , along with the churches in Norrlanda , Källunge and Vallstena . One of
49-522: 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
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