Västra Tunhem Church, Västra Tunhem, Sweden

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Kasim Bari (7 months ago)
Very beautiful place for the departed. May they all rest in peace ❤️‍?

Mårten Laurell Thorslund (17 months ago)
Beautiful and historically significant place. According to information in the church records, there is a person buried here who alone (?) managed to put down (read: kill) 104 bears if I remember correctly. Which says something and how men wanted to be (!?) remembered and about our history. The video refers to the nearby reserve Tunhen's oak groves. The church is in the direct background.

Ingela Ivarsson (2 years ago)
Västra Tunhem's church at the foot of the plateau mountain Hunneberg is a stately and beautiful church building. The church can be seen as an 18th century church but it has parts from the Middle Ages, the 12th century. Above the church gate there is information that the church tower was built in 1810. The church has been a filming location for several films and TV series, e.g. Åsa-Nisse, Ängelby and Ack Värmland. There is a spacious parking lot at the church.

Rohini Brander (4 years ago)
Beautiful church situated in a fairy tale part of Vänersborg. The scenery is exquisite for weddings. Just had one there and they do have separate bilding to host entertainments.

AnnSofie Saville (5 years ago)
The float is a gem in West Tunhem's parish. Hunneberg lies as a safe wall behind and creates protection from the wind

Jan Hus Memorial

The Jan Hus Memorial stands at one end of Old Town Square. The huge monument depicts victorious Hussite warriors and Protestants who were forced into exile 200 years after Hus, and a young mother who symbolises national rebirth. The monument was so large that the sculptor designed and built his own villa and studio where the work could be carried out. It was unveiled in 1915 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Jan Hus' martyrdom. The memorial was designed by Ladislav Šaloun and paid for solely by public donations.

Born in 1369, Hus became an influential religious thinker, philosopher, and reformer in Prague. He was a key predecessor to the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century. In his works he criticized religious moral decay of the Catholic Church. Accordingly, the Czech patriot Hus believed that mass should be given in the vernacular, or local language, rather than in Latin. He was inspired by the teachings of John Wycliffe.

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