Vinberg () is a

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and a parish situated in

Falkenberg Municipality Falkenberg Municipality () is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat. The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with six rural municipalit ...

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, with 592 inhabitants in 2010. The parish is home to three villages: Vinberg, Vinbergs kyrkby and Tröingeberg, the latter being a suburb of

Falkenberg Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish ...

Geography

The parish covers an area of 35.5 km², of which 34.94 is land. Almost all of the land is cultivated, forests cover only 5 percent of the land (as of 1971). The river Ätran delimits the parish in the south west. Vinberg Nature Reserve is located just south of the locality.

History

Vinberg was first mentioned in writing in 1330–1334. The name is expected to come from ''vind'' (

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) and ''berg'' (

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). It is, compared to surround areas, rich on archeological findings. Some of which have been destroyed due to modern cultivation. Kungshögen (

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: ''the Royal

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'') in Faurås is one of the objects that have suffered that fate. However, the adjacent ''kung Fares sten'' (king Fare's stone) remains intact. Three other brons age tumulii can be found in Faurås, as well as some stone circles. Further remains can be found in Töringe, close to the border to

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and in Hällinge. The oldest known church was built in the 12th century and demolished in the early 20th century. It was replaced with the larger, currently used, church, built 1899. Some of the inventory, such as two candlesticks, was saved, while a 12th-century

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was destroyed. The village that bears the name was built around a station along

Falkenberg railway Falkenberg Railway (Swedish language, Sw. ''Falkenbergs Järnväg (FJ)'' or ''Pyttebanan'') was an 891 mm gauge narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge railway railway line, line between Falkenberg and Limmared in Sweden. It was inaugurated 28 S ...

Infrastructure

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goes through the western part of the parish, though, until the 1990s went through Vinberg village. Several smaller roads connect Vinberg with surrounding villages; road N700 between

and Vessigebro, road N702 between Vinberg village and Vinberg kyrkby, road N701 with Stafsinge and road N750 with Långås.

Sport

It has, for its size, a rather successful football team, Vinbergs IF, currently playing in the fourth division.

People from Vinberg

* Olof von Dahlin, author * Magnus Svensson, footballer * Magnus Svensson, floorball

References

*''En bok om Vinberg, Kommittén för kulturforskning i Vinbergs kommun. 1972. Falkenberg: Hallands Nyheter AB'' {{authority control Populated places in Falkenberg Municipality