Hejnum Church

#789 among destinations in Sweden

Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture

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Hejnum Church is a medieval Lutheran church in Hejnum on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The church lies in the Diocese of Visby of the Church of Sweden. ()

Local name: Hejnums kyrka Coordinates: 57°40'49"N, 18°37'55"E

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GotlandSweden

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+46 498 22 27 00

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Hejnum Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Othem Church, Bulverket, Lake Tingstäde, Fole Church.

6.1 miNE
Church, Gothic architecture, Romanesque architecture
Othem Church, Lärbro
156 min walk • Othem Church is a medieval church in Othem on Gotland, Sweden. It was built in the 13th century and contains several medieval murals.
3.3 miN
Archaeological site
Bulverket
84 min walk • The Bulverket is the remnants of a large wooden fortification or bulwark at Lake Tingstäde on the island of Gotland, Sweden. When built, it consisted of a platform with houses surrounded by a double palisade with the entire construction around 250 m in diameter.
3.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Tingstäde
85 min walk • Lake Tingstäde is a lake next to Tingstäde in the central northern part of Gotland, Sweden. It is the second biggest lake on Gotland, after Lake Bästeträsk. The surface of the lake is 44.1 m above sea level.
3.8 miSW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Fole Church
98 min walk • Fole Church is a medieval church in Fole on the Swedish island of Gotland. The Romanesque tower is the oldest part of the otherwise largely Gothic church. It belongs to the Church of Sweden and lies in the Diocese of Visby.
4.8 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Boge Church
124 min walk • Boge Church is a medieval church in Boge not far from Slite on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its main construction period was during the 13th century, but the tower was rebuilt following its collapse in a storm during the 19th century.
2.4 miS
Church
Bäl Church
63 min walk • Bäl Church is a medieval church in Gute, Bäl, on the Swedish island of Gotland. It was built during the first half of the 13th century and contains sculptural decoration in both Romanesque and Gothic styles. The interior is decorated by medieval wall paintings. It belongs to the parish Väskinde, in the Diocese of Visby.
4.9 miS
Church
Vallstena Church
124 min walk • Vallstena Church is a medieval church on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
3.5 miW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Lokrume Church
89 min walk • Lokrume Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. The oldest parts of the church are from the 12th century. It belongs to the Diocese of Visby.
5.3 miS
Church, Romanesque architecture
Källunge Church
135 min walk • Källunge church is a church in Källunge in the Diocese of Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland. The parish of Källunge was merged into Gothem parish in 2010. The church is richly decorated with reliefs and frescoes. The frescoes are important evidence of the strong Byzantine influence on Swedish art of the 12th and 13th centuries.
3.9 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Tingstäde Church
100 min walk • Tingstäde Church is a medievalchurch on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Diocese of Visby. Its present appearance dates largely from the 13th and 14th centuries.
7 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
Martebo Church
179 min walk • Martebo Church is a medieval church on the Swedish island of Gotland. Its three portals contain some of the richest medieval sculpture on the island. Martebo Church lies in the Diocese of Visby.