Official Name: | Dalhem |
Native Name: | Dalhem and Hallvide Dalum / Dalum ankå Hallvide |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Gotland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Gotland Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gotland County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gotland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0,49 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 485 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 57.5519°N 18.5322°W |
Dalhem (also referred to as Dalhem and Hallvide), is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Dalhem District, established on 1January 2016.[4]
Dalhem is the name of the socken as well as the district. It is also the name of the small village surrounding the medieval Dalhem Church,[5] sometimes referred to as Dalhem kyrkby. It is situated in central Gotland.[6] The area is rural with farms, tourism and equestrian facilities as the main sources of income.[7] [8]
, Dalhem Church belongs to Dalhem parish in Romaklosters pastorat, along with the churches in Ganthem, Hörsne and Ekeby.[9] [10]
The Dunbodi General Store Museum in Dalhem, is a shop from the early 1900s, preserved as a museum.[11]
The narrow-gauge railway on Gotland was decommissioned in the beginning of the 1960s. However, short parts of the railway tracks are still preserved. The most well-kept of these is the railway at Dalhem. Built in 1900–1902, it was originally 33km (21miles),[12] with the latest restoration finished in 2015, the preserved part is 6.6km (04.1miles). The railway is maintained by the Gotland Train Association.[13]