Stenåsa Church
Church environment
Stenåsa church and the cemetery located along the eastern road between Föra in the north and Ottenby in the south. The parish lies between Sandby and Hulterstad parishes in height with Resmo on the west side. The church is located in the northern part of the village. East and west of the church spreads the agricultural landscape out and beyond the alvaret in the west and the Baltic Sea in the east.
The church
When Stenåsa church was renovated in 1956 they found, under the church floor, remains of a wooden church with mud floors that dated back to the 11th century. This was the first church on the site. In the middle of, or possibly by the end of the 12th century this first wooden church was replaced by a stone church.
During the 13th century the stone church was expanded to be twice as long as the original building. During the 18th and early 19th century the population of the parish increased, making the old medieval church too crowded.
In 1831 a new church was completed which had been built as a shell outside the medieval church. The drawings were made by Samuel Enander and three builders, P.Isberg, P. Ekholm and H. Goethe, was involved in building the church.
The church is characterized interior and exterior of the neo-Classical features.
Memorial grove.
A memorial was built in 2000 in the southwest of the cemetery. The grove is facing and opens to the north, and in the south defined by a hedge of jasmine, along the hedge is a bench.
In the center is a planting lined with red limestone, here are perennials and summer flowers planted. There are also places to set flower vases and candles. In the middle of the planting stands a cast iron cross. The Cross was originally marking the burial place of P. Olsson’s wife, Ch. Jonsdotter who died in 1870. Her data is still on the back of the cross.
Buildings
In the cemetery’s northwest corner stands a tool shed. It has red-tiled roof and standing wood paneling painted in a gray-green tone, window frames and bargeboards in white.
Other
Adjacent to the shed, along the cemetery north wall, are a number of older tombstones that has been removed from the cemetery on display.
In the northern part of block B is a sundial of more modern date.
Source: Kalmar Läns Museum, Kalmar County Museum
Translation: Visitoland.com