Essunga

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Essunga kyrka år 1887 i Barne härad, Skara stift, Västergötland, Sverige. Teckning av Ernst Wennerblad ur Skara stifts kyrkor (1902).

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Image Source: digital image of a 14 July 1887 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad in Skara stifts kyrkor (1902), in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Essunga_kyrka_1887_(Ernst_Wennerblad_1902).jpg] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Essunga kyrka [...] Före 1903, då gamla kyrkan revs"

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Image Source: digital image of a pre-1903 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAA16000200154071-Essunga_gamla_kyrka_1762-1903.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: the modern church of 1905; renovated in 1936

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joel Grafström, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 August 2017 by Joel Grafström [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Essunga_kyrka_20170802.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Essunga kyrka [...] Gamla kyrkan, interiör mot öster [...] Före 1903, då gamla kyrkan revs"

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Image Source: digital image of a pre-1903 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RAA16000200154075-Essunga_gamla_kyrka_1762-1903_interior.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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view of font - fragment

Scene Description: Source caption; "Essunga socken. Dopfunt vid Hembygdsgården 1974."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Västergötlands museum, 2017

Image Source: digital image [1M16-A20697] of a 1974 photograph in the VCM Foto collection, Västergötlands museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017187631/1m16-a20697] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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view of font and baptismal dish in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Essunga kyrka [...] Interiör mot väster. Efter restaureringen 1936. -- the top of the wooden 1905 baptismal font is visible here in the bottom-left corner, inside the new church

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Image Source: digital image [2783-015.tif] of an undated [1936+] B&W photograph by Axel Forssén, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Essunga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154084.jpg] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopställ i trä från 1905"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057547/images/57547_98066611] [accessed 7 October 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22940ESS
Church/Chapel: Essunga kyrka
Church Location: Essunga kyrkby, Rågvägen 2, 465 94 Nossebro, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off the 186-190 crossroads, W of the E20, 3-4 km E of Nossebro, 15-20 km SW of Vara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Barne härad
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: medieval wooden church demolished 1760; replaced with stone church in 1761-1763; church demolished 1903; new church 1903-1905; renovated 1936
There is a photograph of stone fragments in Hembygdsgården in 1974; the photograph is in the VGM Foto collection of the Västergötlands museum. We have no information on the present [2020] whereabouts of the fragments. The present font in us in this church was made of wood 1905.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.182208, 12.784403
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 10′ 55.95″ N, 12° 47′ 3.85″ E
UTM: 33V 369718 6451137