Littoinen
Littoinen [ ˈlitːɔi̯nɛn ] ( Swedish. Littois ) is a village in the Varsinais-Suomi region in southwestern Finland . It is roughly equally divided between the municipalities of Kaarina and Lieto .
history
The place was created after the merchants Henrik Rungeen and Esaias Wechter had received permission in 1739 to build a cloth factory on the shores of Lake Littoistenjärvi. The textile industry lasted in Littoinen until 1969 when the factory was relocated to the Turku district of Raunistula. The factory site with industrial buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries is now a listed building and a residential area.
In 1899 Littoinen got its own station on the railway line from Helsinki to Turku. In 1907 there was a memorable event here: Lenin , who had fled his hiding place in Veräjämäki near Helsinki before the Russian secret police and was on his way to Sweden, believed that Russian agents were present on his train at Littoinen and jumped off the moving Train to avoid arrest. Slightly injured, he reached Turku on foot, where he was able to go into hiding again. Today a plaque on the now disused station building commemorates him.
Coordinates: 60 ° 26 ' N , 22 ° 24' E