Falsterbo

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Location of the Falsterbo peninsula in Sweden's southernmost province, Skåne .
Center of Falsterbo

The Falsterbo peninsula is located on the most southwestern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula . It forms the border between the Baltic Sea and the Øresund . It is located about 25 kilometers south of Malmö .

The peninsula is separated from the mainland by the Falsterbo Canal , which shortens the route between the Øresund and the Baltic Sea.

geography

The peninsula is geographically divided into two areas:

  1. the elongated, reef-like western part,
  2. the area to the west and east of the 1.6 km long Falsterbo Canal

In the western part of the peninsula lies the historically important town of Skanör med Falsterbo with the districts Falsterbo in the south and Skanör in the north. At the base of the peninsula are the places Ljunghusen and Höllviken to the west and east of the Falsterbo Canal .

Importance of the peninsula for bird migration

Because of its special location (south-westernmost tip of Sweden) the Falsterbo is very important for bird migration in Scandinavia. Most bird species migrate in a south-westerly direction and since almost all species are afraid of crossing the sea, they finally let themselves be guided along the coastline to Falsterbo until they cannot go any further. This effect, also known as the “flyway effect”, is intensified by the prevailing south-westerly wind (headwind!), Which forces the birds to fly close to the ground at the lower wind speed prevailing there. Due to the associated proximity to the water, they are more likely to be oriented towards the coastline. This means that most of the songbird species reach the peninsula and use it as a resting place before moving on. A significant part of the approximately 500 million birds that migrate south from the Scandinavian peninsula in autumn migrate via Falsterbo. Depending on the wind direction, the journey continues across the Baltic Sea towards Denmark to the Central European mainland.

Worth seeing

The Falsterbo lighthouse, near the bird observatory, offers this view of the sea in bad weather.

Falsterbo is known for the Falsterbo ornithological station, as most migratory birds leave the Scandinavian peninsula southwards via the five kilometers long Falsterbo Reef. The reef and the fine sandy beaches on the peninsula offer one of the most beautiful beaches in southern Sweden, surrounded by very long flowering heather .

Buildings

The Villa Claëson summer house designed by Frank in 1924 and completed in 1927 for the diplomat Axel Claëson and his wife Sighild

Architecturally significant are the six modern- style summer villas designed by the Austrian-Swedish architect Josef Frank and the designs by the Swedish architect Alfred Grenander . The architect Sigurd Lewerentz also built the Villa Edstrand here in the functionalism style between 1933 and 1937 . The Malmö-born architect Jonas Lindvall realized the summer holiday home Villa J2 in 2014 on the floor plan of a former 1940s villa . The design of the lido in Falsterbo, designed by Joakim Kaminsky, was even shown as a contribution to the Architecture Biennale in the Swedish Pavilion in Venice in 2016 .

traffic

There are good bus connections to Trelleborg and Malmö operated by the public transport company Skånetrafik . A picturesque coastal road runs from Skanör to Ystad , along which there are many well-signposted campsites and a youth hostel.

Web links

literature

  • Sascha Grosser: Falsterbo - illustrated book about the nature reserves , Skanepublishing Verlag, 2019
  • Mikael Bergquist, Olof Michélsen: Josef Frank: Falsterbovillorna. Arkitektur Förlag, Stockholm 2017, ISBN 978-91-86050-99-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Excursion report by the DJN on bird migration on the Falsterbo peninsula naturbeobachtung.de
  2. ^ Lennart Karlsson (ed.): Wings over Falsterbo. Falsterbo Bird Station , 2004, ISBN 91-86572-45-8 .
  3. ↑ John van der Woude: Birding trip South Sweden 17-24 Sep. 2004. Field trip report. 2004.
  4. ↑ Corinne Elsesser: Modernism by the Sea. In: NZZ . August 28, 2003. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  5. ^ Jan Samuelsson: Villa Carlsten ska bevaras för eftervärlden. In: Sydsvenskan . July 14, 2015, accessed March 29, 2017.
  6. ↑ Louise full Ercolino: Han byggde tunnelbanan i Berlin. In: Trelleborgs Allehanda . December 13, 2007, accessed March 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ Micaela Landelius: En vandring genome tid och rum. In: Sydsvenskan . June 27, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
  8. ^ Page of the architect: Villa J2, 2014 , accessed on March 29, 2017.
  9. ↑ Amy Frearson: Sculptural staircase features inside minimal Swedish house by Jonas Lindvall. In: Dezeen. February 1, 2016, accessed March 29, 2017.
  10. ↑ Julius Viktorsson: Falsterbo strandbad visas i Venice. In: Sydsvenskan . May 25, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017.

Coordinates: 55 ° 24 '  N , 12 ° 53'  E