German: KirchdorfEnglish translation: church village 
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German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Geography / Type of Settlement | | German term or phrase: Kirchdorf | Sehr gut erhalten sind im nördlichsten UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Schwedens die Häuser des *Kirchdorfes.*
Does anyone know what this would be called in English? I'm not really even sure what the population of such a village would be. I know that they are small and stem from the middle ages when the church was the centre of village life. This is the term given to a very small village in northern Sweden. Thanks in advance for the help! |
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| | "church village" | Explanation:
I translated this section of a book "Tausend Weltwunder" for Naumann & Goebel and this is actually what we used in the English version of the book, the explanation of Gammelstad made it obvious what was meant. |
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 mbrodie
United Kingdom
| Note from asker to answererI liked Kim's answer, but since this is used more than once, I think it is more appropriate. Thanks!
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| village with church
Explanation:
In contrast to a village without a church. Not every village had a church (you found a church in the more centrally located and/or bigger ones).
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| church town
Explanation:
Gammelstad Church Town (Swedish: Gammelstads kyrkstad) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site situated near the city of Luleå, Sweden at the northern end of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the best preserved example of a type of town that was once widespread throughout northern Scandinavia.
The town is located about 10 kilometers up streams Lule River. At its centre is an early 15th century stone church surrounded by 424 wood-built houses. The houses used only on Sundays and at religious festivals to house worshippers from the surrounding countryside who could not return home the same day because of the distance and difficult travelling conditions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gammelstad_Church_Town
| Kim Metzger
Mexico
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