Tuve Church

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Tuve Church

The Tuve Church (Swedish: Tuve kyrka) is a medieval church in Gothenburg, western Sweden. It is located on the Hisingen island, and it is part of the Tuve-Säve parish.

It is a Romanesque stone church, consisting of a rectangular nave and a narrow choir. This simple shape was typical of churches in Västergötland.[1] The oldest parts of the building were probably erected in the 12th century.[2] The two buttresses were added in the 18th century, and the porch in 1745. The sacristy, built in 1953, is the most recent addition.

The bell tower was erected south-west of the church in the 19th century; the bell dates back to 1770.

The church is surrounded by a small churchyard, the first mentions of which come from 1871. However, some of the tombstones are older than that, the oldest one from year 1660.[3]

References
  1. Einar Hansson; Sanja Peter; Claes Caldenby, eds. (2008). Upptäck Hisingen!. Göteborg : Göteborgs stadsmuseum. p. 118. ISBN 978-91-85488-97-1.
  2. "Tuve kyrka". Svenska kyrkan i Göteborg. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  3. "Tuve kyrkogård". Svenska kyrkan i Göteborg. Retrieved 27 December 2010.


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