Bring church
Fora church and cemetery are located at the intersection where the roads along Öland's eastern and western sides meet. To the east of the church square is the village of Föra, one of Öland's row villages.
To the west of the church is the school that was built in 1927. The school closed in 1995 and the building was taken over the following year by the congregation. Today, the house is used as a parish home. South of the church is the vicarage. The Mangård building was built in 1917. The rectory is still owned by the parish today and is lived in by the parish priest.
The Church
In Fóra, a wooden stave church was built during the 1000th century. As a shell on the outside of this building, a new stone church was erected around 1160. During the 1100th century, the church was rebuilt into a fortified church with a tower in the west, a shooting gallery above the nave and, in time, also a tower in the east. The building had thus taken on the shape of a gabled church. The medieval church stood until 1828 when the east tower and nave were demolished. The drawings for the new church were made by architect C. Blom-Carlsson and the builder was Petter Ekholm. The new longhouse has both interior and exterior done in classicist style. The west tower from the 1100th century has been carefully examined. It then turned out that it has probably been used as a shelter in times of trouble as well as in times of peace. In the floors of the tower floors, they have found, among other things, food scraps, costume details and game tiles. On the second floor, there is still a so-called privet, a concession, preserved. It may be Sweden's oldest of its kind. In the floor of the nave, there are still more burials, mainly from the 1600th and 1700th centuries.
Memory grove
A memorial grove is laid out north of the church, west of block III. The site is bounded to the east and west by tuja hedges and to the north by the cemetery wall. Next to the cemetery wall is a wooden cross and a flower bed for roses and summer flowers. A path leads up to the site covered with limestone chips. On each side of the aisle are two rose apples planted together with groups of love herb. In the west stands a bench. Buildings At the entrance to the south is a building that was originally used as a mortuary. It is built of limestone. The gable to the south has a white, smoothly plastered entrance area with doors clad in copper sheeting. Also in the north there is a smaller smooth plastered part with a small concrete glass window and vent. The roof is covered with limestone chips. Outside the cemetery to the north is the guardhouse. In 1995, it got its current design when an older storage building was rebuilt. When the older building was erected is not known. The guardhouse has a standing red-painted wooden panel, white joinery and doors and a roof covered with red brick. The building has staff rooms, toilets for church visitors as well as garages and storage.
Other
To the east of the memorial grove, a number of decommissioned tombstones are set up in the lawn. Several of them are of limestone.
Source: Kalmar County Museum
The Church
In Fóra, a wooden stave church was built during the 1000th century. As a shell on the outside of this building, a new stone church was erected around 1160. During the 1100th century, the church was rebuilt into a fortified church with a tower in the west, a shooting gallery above the nave and, in time, also a tower in the east. The building had thus taken on the shape of a gabled church. The medieval church stood until 1828 when the east tower and nave were demolished. The drawings for the new church were made by architect C. Blom-Carlsson and the builder was Petter Ekholm. The new longhouse has both interior and exterior done in classicist style. The west tower from the 1100th century has been carefully examined. It then turned out that it has probably been used as a shelter in times of trouble as well as in times of peace. In the floors of the tower floors, they have found, among other things, food scraps, costume details and game tiles. On the second floor, there is still a so-called privet, a concession, preserved. It may be Sweden's oldest of its kind. In the floor of the nave, there are still more burials, mainly from the 1600th and 1700th centuries.
Memory grove
A memorial grove is laid out north of the church, west of block III. The site is bounded to the east and west by tuja hedges and to the north by the cemetery wall. Next to the cemetery wall is a wooden cross and a flower bed for roses and summer flowers. A path leads up to the site covered with limestone chips. On each side of the aisle are two rose apples planted together with groups of love herb. In the west stands a bench. Buildings At the entrance to the south is a building that was originally used as a mortuary. It is built of limestone. The gable to the south has a white, smoothly plastered entrance area with doors clad in copper sheeting. Also in the north there is a smaller smooth plastered part with a small concrete glass window and vent. The roof is covered with limestone chips. Outside the cemetery to the north is the guardhouse. In 1995, it got its current design when an older storage building was rebuilt. When the older building was erected is not known. The guardhouse has a standing red-painted wooden panel, white joinery and doors and a roof covered with red brick. The building has staff rooms, toilets for church visitors as well as garages and storage.
Other
To the east of the memorial grove, a number of decommissioned tombstones are set up in the lawn. Several of them are of limestone.
Source: Kalmar County Museum