Mariestad

	Mariestad
	Mariestad
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap):	Västergötland
Municipality :	Mariestad
Coordinates :	58 ° 43 ' N , 13 ° 49' E Coordinates: 58 ° 43 ' N , 13 ° 49' E
SCB code :	5372
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	16,122 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	11.34 km²
Population density :	1422 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County

Mariestad is a city in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and historical province of Västergötland . It is located on European route 20 about 180 kilometers northeast of Gothenburg at the confluence of the Tidan River into Lake Vänern . Mariestad is also the capital of the municipality of the same name .

Mariestad with cathedral

history

Mariestad was founded in 1583 by Duke Karl, later King Karl IX. , at the mouth of the river Tidan in the Vänern and named after his wife Anna Maria von der Pfalz . In 1584 Mariestad became the bishopric of a newly founded diocese, in 1647 this bishopric was moved to Karlstad . In 1660 Mariestad became the capital of the province of Skaraborg County , which ensured stable development for the city. At the end of the 19th and 20th centuries there was an industrial boom.

economy

Today Mariestad is no longer a residential city, as Skaraborgs län was part of the newly formed province of Västra Götalands län in 1998 together with two other provinces , but the city is still an administrative center and houses a number of industrial companies in the household goods ( Electrolux ), paper production and Furniture manufacturing.

Mariestad has a train station on the Gårdsjö – Håkantorp railway line , from where Gothenburg and Örebro can be reached.