Hanger in Falköping / Hånger in Burjum / Hångger

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bjurum, Hångers kyrkplats (gamla kyrkan) [...] Kyrkan från söder. Foto av teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."

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Image Source: digital image [11399-001.tif] of a late17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjurum,_Hångers_kyrkplats_(gamla_kyrkan)_-_KMB_-_16000200164647.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bjurum, Hångers kyrkplats (gamla kyrkan) [...] Gravmonument, över "Kung Inge". Tryck av teckning ur Svenska Arbetaren 1863."

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Image Source: digital image [11399-010.tif] of a drawing in Svenska Arbetaren (1863), in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bjurum,_Hångers_kyrkplats_(gamla_kyrkan)_-_KMB_-_16000200164663.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - churchyard, cemetery - detail - ruins

Scene Description: Source caption: "Deserted 11th century Hånger Churchyard, purported original site of the burial of King Ingi the Elder, as released by image creator Ristesson"

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Image Source: digital image 10 June 2009 by Emil Eikner of an undated photograph by Ristesson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hånger_Cemetery_ruins_2009_Falköping.jpg] [accessed 14 October 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22954HAN
Museum and Inventory Number: Västergötlands museums samlingar
Church/Chapel: Hångers gamla kyrka [disappeared]
Church Location: Hångers ödekyrkogård, Falköping N, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) road 184, on the S shore of Hornborgasjön, in the municipality and 12-14 km N of Falköping. The site of the disappeared church is in Burjum, which has its own church
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Gudhems härad, Skaraborgs län
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: medieval 11thC(?) / 12thC(?) church abandoned / demolished since 1768 -- only ruins of the churchyard survive now, plus a number of artifacts in the Västergötlands museum
The medieval font of the disappeared church of Hånger (Västergötland) is noted in an entry of the Västergötlands museums samlingar [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021017188212/nu-i-vastergotlands-museums-samlingar-inv-nr-7784-finns-i-harjevadskyrkan] [accessed 14 October 2020]: "Hångers kyrkas dopfunt. [...] Nu i Västergötlands museums samlingar. Inv.nr. 7784. Finns i Härjevadskyrkan i Fornbyn." The entry mentions an inventory number "Inv.nr.: 7784" and a 1922 photograph by Sanfrid Welin, but the image is not available through the link.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.26969, 13.52298
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 16′ 10.88″ N, 13° 31′ 22.73″ E
UTM: 33V 413356 6459686