Sundre is a populated area, a

socken Socken ( or ) is the name used for a part of a counties of Sweden, county in Sweden. In Denmark, similar areas are known as , in Norway or and in Finland or . A is a rural area formed around a church, typically in the Middle Ages. A socken ...

(not to be confused with

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), on the Swedish island of

Gotland Gotland (; ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...

. It comprises the same area as the administrative Sundre District, established on 1January 2016.

Geography

Sundre is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the

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Sundre Church, sometimes referred to as ''Sundre kyrkby''. It is the southernmost socken on the island, situated on the south tip of Gotland on the Storsudret peninsula. On the south coast of Sundre is the Hoburg lighthouse as well as the

rauk A rauk is a column-like landform in Sweden, often equivalent to a stack (geology), stack. Rauks often occur in groups called ''raukfält'' 'rauk fields'. The limestone rauks of Gotland in the Baltic Sea are among the best known examples. Sweden ...

(

sea stack A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion. Stacks are formed over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology. ...

) area known as

Hoburgen Hoburgen is a rauk (Stack (geology), sea stack) area on the Storsudret peninsula in Sundre, Gotland, Sundre socken on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden. The area contains one of Gotland's most noted rauks, the ''Hoburgsgubben'' ("Old Man Hob ...

. One of the rauks is the noted '' Hoburgsgubben'' ("Old Man Hoburg"). South of Hoburgen is the

Hoburg Shoal Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank, is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern zone of the Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen. The shoal is a bird reserve encompassing about . Geography It is a long shoal, comprising a northern a ...

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. , Sundre Church belongs to Hoburg

in Sudrets

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, along with the churches in

Öja Öja may refer to: * Öja (Finland), an island in Kokkola region, Finland * Öja, Nynäshamn, an island in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden * Öja, Gotland, a settlement in Sweden * Ōja Station is a passenger railway station located in the ...

, Hamra,

Vamlingbo Vamlingbo 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 Vamlingbo District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Vamlingbo is the name of th ...

and

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. One of the

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s in the

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, 9374 Sundre, is named after this place.

References

External links

*
Objects from Sundre at the Digital Museum
by

Nordic Museum The Nordic Museum () is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period (in Swedish history, it is said to begin in 1520) to the ...

Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub