Dunblane
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Dunblane Scottish Gaelic Dùn Bhlàthain |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 11 ′ N , 3 ° 58 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 8811 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | DUNBLANE | ||
| ZIP code section | FK15 | ||
| prefix | 01786 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Lieutenancy Area | Stirling and Falkirk | ||
| Council area | Stirling | ||
| British Parliament | Stirling | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Clackmannanshire and Dunblane | ||
Dunblane is a small town in Scotland , near Stirling , with 8811 inhabitants. It is located in the traditional county of Perthshire and has belonged to the Stirling Council Area since the reorganization of the Scottish administrative structure . Dunblane is known for its historic cathedral , Dunblane Cathedral , now the parish church, and for an outstanding historical private library.
history
Dunblane was the seat of numerous bishops . Dunblane is also home to the Leighton Library , the oldest private library in Scotland.
The city calls itself the City ("City"), as do many settlements in Scotland that have a cathedral. Historically, a distinction was made in English between "Town" and "City", with cities with a cathedral being referred to as "City".
The city has grown particularly rapidly since the 1970s as it became an attractive commuter city due to the good transport links to Glasgow , Edinburgh , Perth and Stirling .
view on the city
River through the city
The 1996 act of violence
On March 13, 1996, 16 first graders and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School were killed with a legally acquired weapon by 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton in revenge for his exclusion as a youth worker. Hamilton then shot himself. Born in 1952, Thomas Hamilton had only been assistant leader at the Scout Association for a short time in 1973/74 . In 1993 a business he was running went bankrupt.
From donations collected after the tragedy, a new community center was built in the city. A memorial to the victims of the massacre is in the local cemetery. In memory of the victims and also to collect donations, a musician from Dunblane, Ted Christopher, wrote a new verse to match the Bob Dylan classic Knockin 'on Heaven's Door , which was performed together with a school choir from Dunblane and Mark Knopfler on guitar was recorded.
City personalities
The city's most famous son - Andy Murray (born 1987), professional tennis player and Wimbledon winner in 2013 and 2016 - is one of the surviving students of the 1996 rampage. He commemorated the Dunblane killed on many occasions. Andy Murray was the flag bearer ( Union Jack ) at the opening of the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil .
Dunblane is also the birthplace of the Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham (1776–1855) and the folk musician Dougie MacLean .
