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Kverrestad

Where motorway 9 runs through Lunnarp a road sign points to Kverrestad, a small village with a typical parish centre feel, i.e. houses and farms gathered around the church and the vicarage with its associated vicarage park.

Kverrestad church was built in 1871-73 and replaced an older Roman church building. The baptismal font and pulpit from the 17th century remain from the older church.

Near the vicarage is the Kverrestad poorhouse. The storehouse has an interesting rune stone in the wall. The parish hall in the village is frequently used for weddings and similar events.

In Kverrestad there is a large machine station, a popular retro/design shop and a neat farm hotel. Just outside the village, towards Ingelstad we find Hälldala Ranch which is Skåne's largest riding centre for Western riding and Reining. The surroundings are a rolling river area in the south and arable land with dry meadows with rich flora.

In the cemetery, just to the right of the entrance gates, we find a small, unassuming wooden cross. Beneath it lies the thirteen-year-old bush boy from the Namib Desert, who ended up with a farming couple in Kverrestad towards the end of the 19th century and was given the name Josef de Vylder. According to the story, Josef could not cope with the Swedish mud. He missed the winds of the desert and died of a broken heart. Henning Mankell, among others, has written about Josef.

Bus and train connections are available from Lunnarp. The nearest larger town with schools and other services is Smedstorp about six kilometres east or the main town Tomelilla approximately the same distance to the west.

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