Bäckaby

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Bäckaby is a small village south of Vetlanda in the southern Swedish province of Småland. Bäckaby has a stone church, a kindergarten, a summer café and a small hostel called Plymska Huset. Bäckaby's old church was a wooden church which was moved to Jönköping in 1902. Its oldest parts were from the 14th century. The church was burnt to the ground in 2000.

Bäckaby
village
Photo of the stone church, date unknown
Photo of the stone church, date unknown
Bäckaby is located in Sweden
Bäckaby
Bäckaby
Coordinates: 57°16′04″N 14°55′33″E / 57.26778°N 14.92583°E / 57.26778; 14.92583
Country Sweden
ProvinceSmåland
CountiesJönköping
Population
 • Total232
Time zoneCET
 • Summer (DST)CEDT