Bollnas

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Bollnas
Bollnäs coat of arms
Sweden Gävleborg location map.svg
Bollnas
Bollnas
Localization of Gävleborg in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Gävleborg County
Historical Province (landskap): Hälsingland
Municipality  : Bollnas
Coordinates : 61 ° 21 '  N , 16 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 21 '  N , 16 ° 24'  E
SCB code : 7036
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 13,716 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 14.63 km²
Population density : 938 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 821 00 - 821 95
List of perpetrators in Gävleborg County
View of Bollnäs with the Ljusnan river

Bollnäs is a town in the Swedish province of Gävleborgs län and the historic province of Hälsingland . It is located 30 kilometers west of Söderhamn on the Ljusnan River and is the capital of the municipality of the same name . Bollnäs is on the main railway line Stockholm - Ånge ( Norra stambanan ) .

history

Finds show that the area was already settled during the Stone Age . Settlement remnants from the Iron Age prove the continued use of this patch of land, which continued in medieval settlement forms. In 1851 the merchant Georg Henric Collini bought Bro gård , which is located in what is now Brotorget town center . In a few years he was able to develop the settlement into an important trading center, benefiting from steam shipping. He is considered to be the founder of the city. The Collinigatan street in the city center reminds of him today.

In the 1870s shipping was supplanted by the railroad. The city became a rail hub on the main Stockholm - Ånge line ( Norra stambanan ) . Important railway workshops such as B. the main workshop for locomotives was established in Bollnäs. In 1888 Bollnäs became a municipality, which was elevated to a market town in 1906. At that time Bollnäs had just under 1,000 inhabitants. In 1942 the Björkhamre market was incorporated and Bollnäs received city ​​rights . In the 1960s, the center of the city was modernized, and in 1987 the old wooden houses on the edge of the center were replaced by modern buildings.

Since 1961 there has been a town partnership with Misburg , now part of Hanover .

economy

Bollnäs is a service center not only for its own municipality, but also for the neighboring municipalities.
Around a quarter of the workforce is employed in the nursing profession. The tool manufacturer Sandvik AB is the largest among industrial companies, and Parator, with its custom-made products for heavy goods vehicles, is the best known internationally. The trotting track at Sävstaås is also a stable economic factor of supraregional importance.

education

Bollnäs is one of Sweden's largest school and training centers. In addition to primary and secondary schools, it offers several branches of secondary school, vocational schools and university subsidiary faculties. In addition, adult education and retraining opportunities complete this picture.

The Höghammarskola in the Ren district is one of the largest special schools in Sweden, the patron of which, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, is present on various occasions every year.

Attractions

Bollnäs Church

Bollnäs Church 1923

The large cross church (Bollnäs kyrka) from the 18th century has its origins in the first half of the 14th century. The oldest evidence, however, tells of a wooden church from the 12th century on the same site.

The current church contains u. a. a 3.5 m high altar shrine made in Germany at the beginning of the 16th century with the famous Bollnäs Madonna carved by Haaken Gulleson . The church has one of the best preserved collections of medieval wooden sculptures in Sweden.

Fighting

Next to the church with its surrounding cemetery is the Museumshof Kämpens, a small farmstead from the 17th century in its original state. The buildings are all made of raw wood and look inhabited with all their museum inventory. Outside the opening times, visitors have the opportunity to listen to a multilingual tape on the history of fighting at the push of a button. The homestead is to be regarded as a counterpart to the museum village in Rengsjö , 10 km east.

Baking

A park with a view over the river Ljusnan, which at this point extends to Lake Varpen , which is also evidence of an Iron Age settlement. Information boards create a lively picture of the former settlement with its residential and grave areas, which can be seen today as stone placements and elevations. In the neighboring city museum, models, exhibits and information brochures can round off the picture.

Culture

The city is one of the strongholds of Scandinavian power metal . Leading representatives of this music genre such as Morgana Lefay and Tad Morose are based in Bollnäs. Just like the death metal band Gormathon .

sons and daughters of the town

Others

In Bollnäs there is the 331 meter high Arbråmasten, a transmission mast for VHF and TV.

There is also a trotting track in Bollnäs.

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Individual evidence

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