Editing Gislaved Municipality (section)

==History==
The municipality has been inhabited for a long time, but without any significant [[urban area]]s. At the turn of the 19th century it contained some 700 inhabitants. By 1949 it was eligible to receive rights as a ''[[köping]]'', comparable to town rights. A [[coat of arms]] was designed for the occasion, traditionally used by the [[cities of Sweden]]. When the [[municipalities of Sweden|municipal reform]] was carried out in the 1970s, Gislaved adapted the still unused coat of arms as the municipal arms. The arms depict the insignia for a historical [[hostel]] nearby.

There are 19 churches in the municipality, the oldest from 1350. In the small town of Burseryd is a church bell that is even older. Its inscription was made with the [[Runic alphabet|Futhark]] alphabet and reads in translation "The year Anno Domine 1238 was this bell made. Bero wrote the inscription".<ref>2: The Swedish translation at the webpage reads: "Året efter herrens födelse 1238 blev denna klocka gjord. Bero skrev skriften".</ref> It is today the second oldest church bell in Sweden.