Mörbylanga church
The church and cemetery in Mörbylånga parish are located on the fertile beach plain and not, like most of Öland's churches, on or next to the country castle.
The village of Mörbylånga already existed in the Middle Ages. On the oldest village map from 1641, it has been interpreted as if the vicarage plot was located a little south of the cemetery. The medieval rectory should also have been located here.
The farm closest to the church in the south was designated in 1700 as the minister's residence. In the middle of the 1700th century, a residential building was built here by Commissioner Anders Hultenius. In 1935, the house was moved a little to the south and was put into use as a parish home.
At the same time, a parsonage was built on the plot west of the commissioner's residence. Next to the communist residence, a low, red-painted building was erected in 1988 for the pastor's office and archives.
The two buildings were connected at the same time with an angular building with a basement floor that faces down to the vicarage. Since 2005, the rectory is no longer in the parish's possession.
The school house, just south of the cemetery, was built in 1915 and is a period-typical, yellow-painted wooden building that is now privately owned. Kindergarten was in the small house opposite the school. In the plastered house to the east of the church building, there was for a long period the village's common bathing house.
The village's common freezer was in one of the stone buildings north of the cemetery, in one of the farm buildings that belong to the farm north of the church.
Mörbylånga köping was founded in 1820 and grew during the course of the 1800th century, while the church village largely retained its old extent. Mörbylånga was for a long time an annex parish to Resmo. This relationship changed in 1935 when Mörbylånga became the mother congregation of Mörbylånga pastorate.
Memory grove
The memory grove is in the northern part of the new cemetery. The lot consists of a limestone walkway laid in a circle with a lawn in the middle. The area is surrounded by trees and bushes. In the northern part of the area stands a high wooden cross with a metal lamb of God and an altar table in gray limestone. The limestone table was added in the 1990s in memory of Maria Svensson Ceorecius who was Mörbylånga parish's missionary in South Africa 1960-97. There is also a light carrier designed by Elwin Brask.
Buildings
Mortuary in the northeast
The mortuary has a brick frame and plastered facades discolored in a light yellow color with a gray painted plinth. Entrance is found both in the east and west through double doors painted in rose red with black wrought iron fittings. The windows are made of cast iron and have thin sash. The gabled roof of the building is covered with two-cupped clay brick. The year of construction 1915 is written in forged numbers over the entrance in the east. In front of the building, both to the east and to the west, the ground is covered with limestone chips. The building is divided into two rooms. The western one served as a mortuary/burial room, while the eastern one, which is now used for storage, housed the hearse. The mortuary was designed and built by master builder CA Svantesson
Economy building in the northwest
Building for tools with plastered facades discolored in off-white and gabled roof covered with two-cupped clay brick. Doors to the east and wind screens are painted blue. The year 1948 is on the facade to the east. The building is not currently in use.
Economy building in the southwest
Building for tools etc. erected with plastered facades in an off-white color with a gabled roof covered with two-cupped clay brick. Added later with a red-painted wooden part of the building.
Other
In the northern part of the cemetery, between the oldest and second-oldest cemeteries, there is a well with a vessel made of bright red limestone. The well was dug in 1921.
The farm closest to the church in the south was designated in 1700 as the minister's residence. In the middle of the 1700th century, a residential building was built here by Commissioner Anders Hultenius. In 1935, the house was moved a little to the south and was put into use as a parish home.
At the same time, a parsonage was built on the plot west of the commissioner's residence. Next to the communist residence, a low, red-painted building was erected in 1988 for the pastor's office and archives.
The two buildings were connected at the same time with an angular building with a basement floor that faces down to the vicarage. Since 2005, the rectory is no longer in the parish's possession.
The school house, just south of the cemetery, was built in 1915 and is a period-typical, yellow-painted wooden building that is now privately owned. Kindergarten was in the small house opposite the school. In the plastered house to the east of the church building, there was for a long period the village's common bathing house.
The village's common freezer was in one of the stone buildings north of the cemetery, in one of the farm buildings that belong to the farm north of the church.
Mörbylånga köping was founded in 1820 and grew during the course of the 1800th century, while the church village largely retained its old extent. Mörbylånga was for a long time an annex parish to Resmo. This relationship changed in 1935 when Mörbylånga became the mother congregation of Mörbylånga pastorate.
Memory grove
The memory grove is in the northern part of the new cemetery. The lot consists of a limestone walkway laid in a circle with a lawn in the middle. The area is surrounded by trees and bushes. In the northern part of the area stands a high wooden cross with a metal lamb of God and an altar table in gray limestone. The limestone table was added in the 1990s in memory of Maria Svensson Ceorecius who was Mörbylånga parish's missionary in South Africa 1960-97. There is also a light carrier designed by Elwin Brask.
Buildings
Mortuary in the northeast
The mortuary has a brick frame and plastered facades discolored in a light yellow color with a gray painted plinth. Entrance is found both in the east and west through double doors painted in rose red with black wrought iron fittings. The windows are made of cast iron and have thin sash. The gabled roof of the building is covered with two-cupped clay brick. The year of construction 1915 is written in forged numbers over the entrance in the east. In front of the building, both to the east and to the west, the ground is covered with limestone chips. The building is divided into two rooms. The western one served as a mortuary/burial room, while the eastern one, which is now used for storage, housed the hearse. The mortuary was designed and built by master builder CA Svantesson
Economy building in the northwest
Building for tools with plastered facades discolored in off-white and gabled roof covered with two-cupped clay brick. Doors to the east and wind screens are painted blue. The year 1948 is on the facade to the east. The building is not currently in use.
Economy building in the southwest
Building for tools etc. erected with plastered facades in an off-white color with a gabled roof covered with two-cupped clay brick. Added later with a red-painted wooden part of the building.
Other
In the northern part of the cemetery, between the oldest and second-oldest cemeteries, there is a well with a vessel made of bright red limestone. The well was dug in 1921.