Ostra Tunhem / Östra Tunhem

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view of church exterior

Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Foto efter teckning ur P.A. Säve: Berättelse för år 1863 (s. 54, A.T.A.)." -- the medieval church is said to have been much dilapidated already by the 16thC; it would eventually be demolished in 1887 except for the porch [vapenhus] (visible here between the belfry and the body of the church) which was used as a cattle barn

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Foto efter teckning ur P.A. Säve: Berättelse för år 1863 (s. 54, A.T.A.)." -- the medieval church is said to have been much dilapidated already by the 16thC; it would eventually be demolished in 1887 except for the porch [vapenhus] (visible here between the belfry and the body of the church) which was used as a cattle barn

Image Source: digital image [2893-003.tif] of a drawing in P.A. Säve: Berättelse för år 1863 (s. 54, A.T.A.), in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013949.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Tryck efter teckning ur Peringskiölds monumenta." -- the medieval church is said to have been much dilapidated already by the 16thC; it would eventually be demolished in 1887 except for the porch [vapenhus], which was used as a cattle barn

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Tryck efter teckning ur Peringskiölds monumenta." -- the medieval church is said to have been much dilapidated already by the 16thC; it would eventually be demolished in 1887 except for the porch [vapenhus], which was used as a cattle barn

Image Source: digital image [2893-002.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013948.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1902." -- the new church had been built in 1900 on a new site; it would be destroyed by fire in 1938 and re-built in 1946-1949

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från syd. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad, 1902." -- the new church had been built in 1900 on a new site; it would be destroyed by fire in 1938 and re-built in 1946-1949

Image Source: digital image [2893-004.tif] of a 24 March 1902 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013950.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka i Skara stift, Falköpings kommun. Uppförd 1949."

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 20 June 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Tunhems_kyrka_Västergötland_Sweden_3.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

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view of church exterior in context - porch

Scene Description: the porch [vapenhuset] is all that remains of the old church; it was for a long time used as a cattle barn

Image Source: digital photograph by Bengans historiasidor [http://wadbring.com/historia/undersidor/tunhemo.htm] [accessed 21 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst." -- the new church had been built in 1900 on a new site; shown here in 1938, probably weeks or months before it was destroyed by fire

Scene Description: Source caption: "Östra Tunhems kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydväst." -- the new church had been built in 1900 on a new site; shown here in 1938, probably weeks or months before it was destroyed by fire

Image Source: digital image [2893-007.tif] of a 1938 B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Östra_Tunhems_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000013953.jpg] [accessed 21 March 2021]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

INFORMATION

FontID: 23231TUN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Östra Tunhems kyrka

Church Location: Östra Tunhems kyrkby, 521 94 Falköping, Sweden

Country Name: Sweden

Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län

Directions to Site: Located off (W) tlocal road O2684, NW of highway 46, 7-8 km N of Falköping and in its municipality

Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift

Historical Region: Gudhems härad

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: 12thC(?) church; reported dilapidated in the 16thC; condemned 1831 and abandoned while the congregation used nearby church at Ugglum; used as school until 1857; demolished 1887 except for the porch, which was used as a cattle barn; new church built 1900 on new site; destroyed by fire 1938; re-built 1946-1949;

Font Notes: Click to view

The present font in use in this church is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.2243, 13.5305

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 13′ 27.48″ N, 13° 31′ 49.8″ E

UTM: 33V 413687 6454624