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Pestkyrkogården på Öja-Landsort.
Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm -
En skylt berättar om pestkyrkogårdens historia.
Photo: Länsstyrelsen Stockholm
Plague cemetery, Öja–Landsort
Attraction
- County: Stockholms län
- 6860.32 km away from you
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Description
At Öja-Landsort's plague cemetery, you can read about how Johan Andersson's wife was buried here in 1710, a bit outside the village, because of "storm and stench". The cemetery was built during the plague years in the 18th century.
Activities And Facilities
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Facts
Protected since: 1985
Size: 570 hectares of which land 178 hectares
Character: archipelago, deciduous forest, cultural environment
Municipality: Nynäshamn
Landowner: the state
Administrator: County Administrative Board
Form of protection : nature conservation area
Directions
From the centre of the village, walk about 650 m north along the gravel road.
Regulations
In order to protect the Öja-Landsort nature reserve, please respect the following rules.
Within the reserve, it is forbidden to:
- destroy or damage permanent natural structures,
- pick flowers of the lesser butterfly-orchid,
- break branches or fell trees,
- bring dogs that are not on a leash,
- deliberately disturb wildlife,
- camp or make a fire outside of designated sites.
Contact
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Länsstyrelsen i Stockholm
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