Wickleby Church
Vickleby church is located on the edge of the village, just west of the western country road.
From the cemetery there is a view of the rugged Stora Alvaret to the east and the fertile valley with Vickleby village to the west. East of the cemetery runs Vickleby village street with its dense housing. There are, among other things, Stay boarding house and Capellagården. Starting in the 1930s and 40s, Vickleby became a popular residence for many prominent artists. Several of them lived in the village, i.a. Arthur Percy. Directly below the church to the east is Vickleby vicarage, which still retains its original function. North of the cemetery is the former Vickleby church school, which is now an exhibition space attached to Capellagården. Even further north is the parish hall.
The Church
Vickleby church belongs to the small group of churches on Öland that have been completely or mostly preserved since the Middle Ages. The current tower was probably added to a wooden nave during the late 1100th century. The stone longhouse was built in the 1200th century. Under the direction of the city wall master Anders Törnberg from Kalmar, the medieval choir and apse were demolished in 1778-79, the nave was extended to the east and a new choir was added. In 1818, the tower received a four-sided lantern.
Memory grove
The memorial grove is outside the actual cemetery, in the north-east corner of the park-like area to the west. It is bordered by a semi-circular free-growing hedge of spirea, as well as a flower bed with pink-blooming bush roses. The ground consists of lawn and in the middle stands a metal waterfall and an inscription plate. There is also a tall black-painted lighting fixture with glass globes
Buildings
There is no building in the cemetery, but well on the other side of the country road in the east. There is a building made of limestone with a roof covered with an older single-cup brick, several of which have a stamp from the Värnanäs brickworks. It probably began to be built in 1766 and was then called "tool house". The outer walls were originally plastered, but now stand with bare masonry. In 1957, the southern part was furnished as a funeral chapel and the northern part as a tool shed.
Other
Older tomb guards removed from the cemetery leaned against the western part of the northern wall.
In the building east of the road is a sandstone hemisphere. This was on the baptismal font when it formed the roof of the church between the years 1778 and 1932.
The Church
Vickleby church belongs to the small group of churches on Öland that have been completely or mostly preserved since the Middle Ages. The current tower was probably added to a wooden nave during the late 1100th century. The stone longhouse was built in the 1200th century. Under the direction of the city wall master Anders Törnberg from Kalmar, the medieval choir and apse were demolished in 1778-79, the nave was extended to the east and a new choir was added. In 1818, the tower received a four-sided lantern.
Memory grove
The memorial grove is outside the actual cemetery, in the north-east corner of the park-like area to the west. It is bordered by a semi-circular free-growing hedge of spirea, as well as a flower bed with pink-blooming bush roses. The ground consists of lawn and in the middle stands a metal waterfall and an inscription plate. There is also a tall black-painted lighting fixture with glass globes
Buildings
There is no building in the cemetery, but well on the other side of the country road in the east. There is a building made of limestone with a roof covered with an older single-cup brick, several of which have a stamp from the Värnanäs brickworks. It probably began to be built in 1766 and was then called "tool house". The outer walls were originally plastered, but now stand with bare masonry. In 1957, the southern part was furnished as a funeral chapel and the northern part as a tool shed.
Other
Older tomb guards removed from the cemetery leaned against the western part of the northern wall.
In the building east of the road is a sandstone hemisphere. This was on the baptismal font when it formed the roof of the church between the years 1778 and 1932.