Boda church
Böda church is our northernmost church and is part of Nordöland's parish.
Böda parish is Öland's northernmost. The church and cemetery are located along road 136 on the west side of the road. The church site is located in the southern part of Böda, which is an elongated village on the surface.
North of the church is the vicarage that was built in 1839. It is today sold to private individuals. A little further north of the church is the school house from 1849.
Church history
The church that was built in Böda in the second half of the 1100th century had a small nave, narrower choirs and an extended, semicircular apse in the east. During the troubled times for Öland at the end of the 1100th century and the 1200th century, the church was rebuilt into a defense church. Among other things the apse was demolished and the chancel was made as wide as the nave. Several changes were implemented in the following centuries.
In the middle of the 1700th century, the population of the parish had increased so that the church was too crowded. Drawings for a new church were drawn up but had to be reworked. Construction was only completed in 1801-03. To reduce costs, the west and south walls of the medieval church were saved. The new church was built with a tower in the west, almost square nave and sacristy in the east. Since it was built, the church has undergone several restorations.
In 1942, the facade plaster was knocked down, which made it possible to examine the old walls and thus get several interesting pieces of information about the medieval church. Böda church today is marked both interior and exterior by classicist style features, e.g. the round-arched windows, the bright church room and the design of the interior.
The Church
North of the church is the vicarage that was built in 1839. It is today sold to private individuals. A little further north of the church is the school house from 1849.
Church history
The church that was built in Böda in the second half of the 1100th century had a small nave, narrower choirs and an extended, semicircular apse in the east. During the troubled times for Öland at the end of the 1100th century and the 1200th century, the church was rebuilt into a defense church. Among other things the apse was demolished and the chancel was made as wide as the nave. Several changes were implemented in the following centuries.
In the middle of the 1700th century, the population of the parish had increased so that the church was too crowded. Drawings for a new church were drawn up but had to be reworked. Construction was only completed in 1801-03. To reduce costs, the west and south walls of the medieval church were saved. The new church was built with a tower in the west, almost square nave and sacristy in the east. Since it was built, the church has undergone several restorations.
In 1942, the facade plaster was knocked down, which made it possible to examine the old walls and thus get several interesting pieces of information about the medieval church. Böda church today is marked both interior and exterior by classicist style features, e.g. the round-arched windows, the bright church room and the design of the interior.
The Church