Kungsholmen

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Location of Kungsholmen in the Stockholm city area

Kungsholmen is one of the central Stockholm districts located on the island of the same name. The name literally means "King's Island". The west of the island is residential, while the east is an administrative district that is run by private companies and public administrations such as B. Stockholms stadshus , Stockholms rådhus , Stockholms stadsarkiv , Riksarkivet , Police Headquarters u. a. is dominated. The headquarters of the major Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter , Svenska Dagbladet and Aftonbladet are also located here. Kungsholmen has about 63,000 inhabitants (as of 2011).

The city district also includes the islands of Lilla Essingen and Stora Essingen . The Kronobergspark as well as the remand prison and the Kronoberg police station are located here.

history

In the 15th century the island was inhabited by Franciscans . During this time the district was called Munklägret , which means something like monk camp . The order founded a tile factory in Rålambshov and lived mainly from fishing and farming . Due to the Reformation , the island was placed under the administration of the Crown in 1527. In 1672 it was handed over to the city of Stockholm and received its own parish and its current name. At that time, the district was considered to be renamed Västermalm in accordance with the Stockholm tradition . The then reigning monarch Karl XI. "Decided on the royal name."

Some street names today give clues to the craft businesses located there at the time, e.g. B. Pontonjärgatan (Brückebauerstraße), Handverkargatan (Craftsman Street), Svarvargatan (Dreherstraße), Garvargatan (Gerberstraße).

Panorama of Kungsholmen, April 2011

Sons and Daughters of the Borough

literature

  • Stefan Krull, Lars Dörenmeier: Stockholm with Mälrsee and archipelago. CityGuide. 4th edition In: Werner, Klaus (Ed.): Verlagsgruppe Reise Know-How, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-8317-2398-0 .
  • Charlotta Rüegger, Holger Wolandt: Merian live !, Stockholm. 5th edition, MERIAN Reisebuch-Verlag, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-7742-6121-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kungsholmen, in German the royal island in Stockholm . City portal of Cyberfair GmbH. Retrieved March 17, 2015
  2. ↑ Stefan Krull, Lars Dörenmeier: Stockholm Mälrsee and archipelago. CityGuide. 4th edition In: Klaus Werner (Ed.): Verlagsgruppe Reise Know-How, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-8317-2398-0 , p. 67
  3. ↑ Statistics om Stockholm. Befolkning Befolkningsöversikt 2011. . Gölin Frank (Sweco Eurofutures AB), Åsa Wennblom. In: City of Stockholm (ed.). 2011. Retrieved on March 17, 2015, p. 16 (Swedish, PDF; 2.44 MB)
  4. ^ A b Stockholm Allt-i-ett - Historia & Fakta om Kungsholmen och Långholmen . Helena Nilsson, February 1, 2013, Retrieved March 17, 2015 (Swedish)
  5. ↑ Stefan Krull, Lars Dörenmeier: Stockholm Mälrsee and archipelago. CityGuide. 4th edition In: Klaus Werner (Ed.): Verlagsgruppe Reise Know-How, Bielefeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-8317-2398-0 , p. 124

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '  N , 18 ° 3'  E