Ventlinge Church
Ventlinge cemetery encloses the church on the slope of the western land castle, just east of road 136 and not far from Grönhögen. From the cemetery you can see Kalmarsund to the west.
The area between the cemetery and the main road consists of a small park that also houses the memorial grove. To the east, just outside the cemetery wall, arable land takes hold. South of the cemetery is the old teacher's residence.
The Church
Ventlinge church was built in the first half of the 12th century. At this time, the church consisted of a towerless church in Romanesque style and was dedicated to Saint Laurentius.
The church had a rectangular nave and a lower and narrower chancel, which in the east was closed with a semi-circular apse. The tower was built around the year 1200.
Over the years, the church underwent many minor changes. In 1812, extensive repairs and extensions were made, and the church lost its medieval character.
The chancel and apse were demolished and the nave was added. At the eastern gable, the sacristy was built. The conversion to a modern hall church was led by Johan Petersson from Kalmar.
A lantern designed by J A Wileius was erected in 1825 by Håkan Göth, from Seby, and the church bell was moved up in the tower. A porch was established in the medieval defense tower in 1880 according to a design by Otto August Mankell. The altarpiece is from the 1700s.
Restorations and repairs have been carried out in 1925, -52, -68, -84 and 1999.
Inside the church there is a baptismal font from the beginning of the 13th century.
The church was recently closed for several years for an extensive renovation. It was reopened in the autumn of 2014 and is now a modern church where, among other things, they use the design of, for example, hymns directly on the church's wall.
Memorial Grove
A memorial grove was established and inaugurated in 1998. It was built just outside and next to the cemetery wall to the west in the so-called church park.
In the background against the wall, rhododendrons have been planted and around the stone itself with the word "memorial grove" engraved the blue creeper grows. Otherwise, laurel has been planted that delimits the grove to the north and south, and in front of the plantation there are limestone slabs.
Buildings
Outside the cemetery to the southeast is a wooden building that houses storage and toilets for the public.
Other
An older grave monument lies as a cover over the south portal and on the cemetery wall are a couple of fragments with inscriptions, probably from the early 1800s.
Apart from a grave just south of the church, the cemetery today lacks older grave markers. The tumba refers to Jacob Brunnerus and his wife Anna Elisabeth Ruther. In the 1700s, Brunnerus was the vicar of Ventlinge and Ås parishes. He died in 1794, a year after his wife.
Not far from the church's southern entrance, the fiddler Gotthard Sjöman has been buried since 1952. He has written "Kruspolska, Kvarnpolska" and "Bridal March to Father".
The poet Anna Rydstedt is buried on the south side of the church. On her grave there is a beautiful line "I was also born and grown up to be Anna in the world"
The Church
Ventlinge church was built in the first half of the 12th century. At this time, the church consisted of a towerless church in Romanesque style and was dedicated to Saint Laurentius.
The church had a rectangular nave and a lower and narrower chancel, which in the east was closed with a semi-circular apse. The tower was built around the year 1200.
Over the years, the church underwent many minor changes. In 1812, extensive repairs and extensions were made, and the church lost its medieval character.
The chancel and apse were demolished and the nave was added. At the eastern gable, the sacristy was built. The conversion to a modern hall church was led by Johan Petersson from Kalmar.
A lantern designed by J A Wileius was erected in 1825 by Håkan Göth, from Seby, and the church bell was moved up in the tower. A porch was established in the medieval defense tower in 1880 according to a design by Otto August Mankell. The altarpiece is from the 1700s.
Restorations and repairs have been carried out in 1925, -52, -68, -84 and 1999.
Inside the church there is a baptismal font from the beginning of the 13th century.
The church was recently closed for several years for an extensive renovation. It was reopened in the autumn of 2014 and is now a modern church where, among other things, they use the design of, for example, hymns directly on the church's wall.
Memorial Grove
A memorial grove was established and inaugurated in 1998. It was built just outside and next to the cemetery wall to the west in the so-called church park.
In the background against the wall, rhododendrons have been planted and around the stone itself with the word "memorial grove" engraved the blue creeper grows. Otherwise, laurel has been planted that delimits the grove to the north and south, and in front of the plantation there are limestone slabs.
Buildings
Outside the cemetery to the southeast is a wooden building that houses storage and toilets for the public.
Other
An older grave monument lies as a cover over the south portal and on the cemetery wall are a couple of fragments with inscriptions, probably from the early 1800s.
Apart from a grave just south of the church, the cemetery today lacks older grave markers. The tumba refers to Jacob Brunnerus and his wife Anna Elisabeth Ruther. In the 1700s, Brunnerus was the vicar of Ventlinge and Ås parishes. He died in 1794, a year after his wife.
Not far from the church's southern entrance, the fiddler Gotthard Sjöman has been buried since 1952. He has written "Kruspolska, Kvarnpolska" and "Bridal March to Father".
The poet Anna Rydstedt is buried on the south side of the church. On her grave there is a beautiful line "I was also born and grown up to be Anna in the world"