Augerum

Augerum is a village in Karlskrona Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It is the site of Augerum Manor (Augerums gård) and Augerum Church (Augerums kyrka) in the Diocese of Lund.[1] [2]

Augerum
Village
Augerum is located in Blekinge
Augerum
Augerum
Location in Blekinge County
Coordinates: 56°13′3″N 15°40′35″E
Country Sweden
CountyBlekinge County
MunicipalityKarlskrona Municipality
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Aerial view of Augerum

Augerum Church is located next to the Lyckebyån river. The church building, designed by architect Jacob Wilhelm Gerss (1784-1844), was built in the neoclassical style in 1819–1822. In 1862, the exterior was altered by the erection of a tower in the north according to drawings by architect Albert Törnqvist (1819-1898).[3] [4]

Augerum Manor has two main buildings, the older one built about 1720 by pharmacist Johan Eberhard Ferber (1678-1761); the newer one, called Stora Hus, in 1810 by Admiral Providence Master Carl Schweber. In 1855, the property was bought by Chancellor of Justice Nils von Koch (1801-1881) and his spouse Frances F. Lewin (1804-1888). The estate is still owned by members of their family.[5] [6] [7][8]

Augerum is a substantial find spot for Baltic ware, pottery that spread from Slavic areas in continental Europe to Scandinavia during the Iron Age. The pottery in Blekinge differs in style from that in Slavic areas and other former parts of the kingdom of Denmark however, which indicates a closer connection to the Swedish areas of Småland and Öland.[9]

References
  1. "Augerum, gamla och nya herrgården". Länsstyrelsen Blekinge. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  2. Augerums kyrka: Antikvarisk medverkan vid interiör och exteriör renovering (PDF) (Report). Blekinge museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  3. "Gerss, Jacob Wilhelm (1784 - 1844)". KulturNav. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  4. "Törnqvist, Albert (1819 - 1898)". KulturNav. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  5. "Augerum, gamla och nya herrgården". Länsstyrelsen Blekinge. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. "Johan Eberhard Ferber". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. "Nils S Koch, von". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  8. "Frances F. Lewin". Kulturlandskapet Blekinge. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  9. Roslund, Mats (2007). Guests in the House: Cultural Transmission Between Slavs and Scandinavians 900 to 1300 A.D. The Northern World. Brill. pp. 330–333. ISBN 978-9004161894.



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