Abild is a village and parish in Falkenberg Municipality

Falkenberg Municipality

Falkenberg Municipality is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat....

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The parish is a part of Slöinge

Slöinge

Slöinge is a locality situated in Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 974 inhabitants in 2005.Archeological excavations has revealed a chieftain estate from the 8th century; among the remains is a large number of golden figures....

 rectory

Rectory

A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...

. Abild is first mentioned in writing in 1431, it was then written Apulde. The origin of the name is probably the old Halland

Halland

' is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden , on the western coast of Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Scania and the sea of Kattegat.-Administration:...

ic word for wild apples, apuld.. Hjuleberg Mansion

Mansion

A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...

 is located within the parish.

Geography

Suseån

Suseån

Suseån is a river in Sweden.-References:...

, a small river, flows through the eastern parts of the parish. A lake, Mossjön, can be found in the central parts.

History

No stone age graves has been found. Some other remains, such as flint axes have however been found. There are some finds from the Roman Iron Age

Roman Iron Age

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 and the migration period

Migration Period

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, the most spectacular being an 18 gram golden ring.

The oldest parts of the church was built in the 12th and 13th century. It is said to previously have had the name "Sankt Johannes kyrka" (Saint John's church) after John the Baptist

John the Baptist

John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...

. Most of the inventories are from the 17th century, during which the church was prolonged to the east. The church was painted in 1767. These paintings were later covered by new paintings, until they were restored in 1953. The church has been refurbished in 1927 and 1998.

Within the church tombs can be found, where members of the noble families Thott and Lilliehöök are buried.

Infrastructure

County road 150 pass through the parish in an east-west direction. Some smaller roads pass through the parish as wells. These roads do to a large extent follow old trade route, given the name Via Regia.