Åby (Norrkoping)

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Åby
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Åby
Åby
Localization of Östergötland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Östergötland County
Historical Province (landskap): Östergötland
Municipality  : Norrkoping
Coordinates : 58 ° 40 ′  N , 16 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 58 ° 40 ′  N , 16 ° 11 ′  E
SCB code : 1324
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 6917 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 5.33 km²
Population density : 1298 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Östergötland County

Åby is a village ( Tatort ) in the Swedish municipality of Norrköping , which belongs to the province of Östergötland County . The place is best known for a number of archaeological finds.

description

Åby is about seven kilometers north of Norrköping and consists mainly of single-family houses. The settlement extends over a slope at the northern end of a lowland that connects to Bråviken Bay . The small river Pjältån runs through Åby .

The former Swedish national football coach Georg Ericson lived in Åby for a long time.

archeology

In 1928 the researchers Torsten Engström and H. Thomasson discovered a considerable number of ceramic objects on an area of ​​200 × 40 meters. The ceramics were at their discovery 26 to 29 meters above the sea and were v on the time from 3600 to 2900. Dated. Between 1934 and 1936, Axel Bagge undertook further excavations which unearthed another 600 kg of archaeological material. In addition to ceramics, masonry stoves and other objects were unearthed that were interpreted as the remains of huts and graves. The excavations were carried out in steady succession (1947, 1952, 1960, 1992, 1994). Notable finds were e.g. B. worked flints , a triangular arrowhead made of slate and more recent objects from around the year 1000.

Recent history

In the 17th century there was an estate in what is now the area of ​​the village, which was an important stop in the region's stagecoach network . It is documented that several well-known people of the time made a stop in Åby. Among them are the fortress builder Erik Dahlberg , the Reichsmarschall Axel von Fersen , the singer Christine Nilsson and the naturalist Carl von Linné .

traffic

The place experienced a further boom in 1866 with the establishment of the Norrköping- Katrineholm railway line , which led to the establishment of several industrial companies. The now unused station building was built in 1915. Passenger trains stopped here until 1962.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)