Lilla Essingen
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| Waters | Mälaren | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 19 '28 " N , 18 ° 0' 17" E | |
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| surface | 23 hectares | |
| Highest elevation | 26 m ö.h. | |
| Residents | 4831 2014 21,004 inhabitants / km² |
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Lilla Essingen is a 23 hectare island in the Swedish lake Mälaren and a district of the Stockholm district of Kungsholmen with 4,831 inhabitants (December 2014). As early as 1916, it was incorporated into the Stockholm city area as part of Bromma . The highest point is 26 m above sea level. The bank areas are almost completely accessible by publicly accessible pedestrian promenades.
Adjacent Stockholm districts are Fredhäll, Marieberg, Långholmen , Gröndal and Stora Essingen .
At the beginning of the 20th century, several summer villas were built on Lilla Essingen. Most of these were demolished in the 1930s as space was needed for tenement houses . This gave the island an urban character. Two larger factories were established on the island a little earlier: Primus (camping stove) and Lux (today Lux International AG ). The industries were shut down at the end of the 20th century and then the site was built with modern apartment buildings until 2007.
Initially, Lilla Essingen was connected to the island of Kungsholmen by a cable ferry . In 1907 a concrete bridge was built on the same site, which was replaced by today's iron bridge in 1936. The Essingeleden motorway bridge has crossed the island since 1966 .
