Löddeköpinge

	Löddeköpinge
	Löddeköpinge
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gentle
Municipality :	Kävlinge
Coordinates :	55 ° 46 ′ N , 13 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 55 ° 46 ′ N , 13 ° 0 ′ E
SCB code :	3592
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	6481 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	3.96 km²
Population density :	1637 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Skåne County

Löddeköpinge is a town in the municipality of Kävlinge in the Swedish province of Skåne län and the historic province of Skåne .

history

Löddeköpinge Church near the open-air museum

The name of the place was first recorded as Loddækøpingh in the middle of the 14th century. It also comes from the name of the river Lödde å (Kävlingeån) flowing south of the town and the old Danish name køping for trading center. Löddeköpinge was an important trading center of the Viking Age (800-1050 AD) and at that time already had a defensive wall in addition to a port. The place is near Borgeby or Lund on the Öresund , on the west coast of Skåne. Borgeby, on the other side of the river, is the location of a Viking castle . Köpingeorte (trading centers) are located in Laholm near Hälsingborg , Hököpinge, Dalköpinge near Trelleborg , Stora Köpinge near Ystad and Gärds Köping near Kristianstad .

In addition to the remains of Viking Age buildings on both sides of the river, archaeologists found ceramics and jewelry, which prove contacts with other places in Northern Europe. Simultaneous trading centers in Sweden were among others Birka and Sigtuna .

Attractions

A 25 hectare Viking village has been built as an open-air museum in the village since 2001 .

The Fredwicksfeldtska möllan is one of the largest windmills in Skåne and was in operation until the 1930s. Nearby is the Fotevikens Museum , another Viking Museum , as well as the Fotevikens Viking Reserve in Höllviken.

The Högen Ula is located on Löddesborgsvägen near the Bay Salviken, southwest of Löddeköpinge.

Web links

Commons : Löddeköpinge - collection of images, videos and audio files

Löddeköpinge Open Air Museum (Swedish)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
↑ Svenskt local dictionary. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala 2003, p. 203, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .

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

[2] Svenskt local dictionary. Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala 2003, p. 203, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .