Uppvidinge

Uppvidinge is a forested district of eastern Småland, on the margins of the medieval folkland of Värend. Ancient field systems around Granhult and Sävsjö reveal a long history of cultivation in this landscape. At Granhult stands a small wooden church, built around 1220 from timber felled about 1217. In 1442 a farm here passed to Vadstena Abbey, and in 1485 Växjö Cathedral bought another, showing how ecclesiastical institutions held land in the district.