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The path that leads up to the memorial stone
The plague cemetery in Gillbonderyd
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- County: Kronobergs län
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Description
During the years of 1710 and 1711 were many small villages in the area affected by the plague. To stop the plague from spreading gave the priest in Älghult, Sven Arell, the villagers permission to bury their dead in a slope on the outskirts of the village.
As the years passed by were the old burial ground forgotten, but locals kept telling stories about it. In the 1920’ were there a boy who wanted to see if the stories were true, so he started to dig in the slope and found human remains. A memorial stone was placed in the slope and a preach once again had to declare the land as sacred. Today is it a beautiful place with some of the oldest oaks in Uppvidinge.
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In the beginning of the 1700’s was there a severe outbreak of the plague in Europe. Almost half of Stockholm’s population died during the years of 1710-1711. The plague probably first came to Stockholm and then spread to the rest of Sweden from there.
Småland probably got it from Kalmar which was an important seaport. Kalmar was one of the worst affected towns in Sweden and its not hard to envision how travellers and tradesfolk brought it to the small villages in the forests.
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There is no parking so park your car with cautiousness next to the road.
Directions
From Alstermo. Drive towards Målerås and turn left in Alsterfors where there is a sign for Gillbonderyd. Follow that road for 5-6 km. Just before you get to the village Gillbonderyd is there a small sign that says "Pestkyrkogården". There is a small path that leads up to the memorial stone.
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Min morfars morfars hette Jonas Gummesson. Är det någon som har kännedom om den släkten som tycks ha bott i byn sedan 1530. Då fanns en förfader som hette Torkelsson Henning eller Hemming
Alf
Hej Alf! Tyvärr ingen kunskap om detta, har du testat att fråga i https://www.facebook.com/Alghult/ ? sen hittade jag också en intressant blogg https://konstenattvaramig.blogg.se/2017/july/rotterna-fran-gillbonderyd.html
Önskar dig lycka till och hoppas det du söker. Mvh,
Johan C