Mjolby

This article covers the place. For the municipality, see Mjölby (municipality) .

Mjolby
Mjolby
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Östergötland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Östergötland
Municipality  :	Mjolby
Coordinates :	58 ° 20 '  N , 15 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 20 '  N , 15 ° 8'  E
SCB code :	1180
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	12,858 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	8.69 km²
Population density :	1480 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Östergötland County

Mjölby is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Östergötland County and the historical province of Östergötland . The place is the main town of the municipality of the same name .

geography

The Svartån River flows through Mjölby, the steps and falls of which were previously used to generate energy. In the north today the European route 4 leads past the place, which has also been a railway junction for a long time, as here the Södra stambanan on the route from Stockholm to Copenhagen is connected to the Godsstråket genom Bergslagen route to Motala and Hallsberg .

history

The place has taken the name of the parish , which is first recorded as Mylluby in 1285 . The name is made up of the old Swedish words mylna or mölna for mill and the suffix by for farm or village. Later the prefix became Mjöl- and means flour . The river, together with the fertile soil in the area, provides a good location for a mill. There used to be many mills along the river, only one of which is still in operation today. It is located right next to the train station. There is also historical evidence that two mills were donated to the Vreta monastery in 1268 by Birger Jarl's half-brother Elof .

In 2007 O-rings took place in Mjölby , an orienteering competition .

Attractions

• The churches of Mjölby, Högby and Malexander are decorated with hand-made stained glass windows by Charles Crodel .
• The rune stone from Högby ( Swedish Högbystenen ) with the number Ög 81 is in the cemetery of Högby Church in the municipality of Mjölby. In addition to the Rökstenen, it is the most handsome rune stone in Östergötland .
• In which lies cemetery Kungshögarna .

sons and daughters of the town

• Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (1785–1874), naturalist

• Falconer , metal band

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  Mjölby Town Hall

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  Villa Vik in Mjölby

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  Interior view of Mjölby Kyrka

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  Mjölby Kyrka, south choir window by Charles Crodel with themes from the New Testament

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  Mjölby Kyrka, north choir window by Charles Crodel with themes from the Old Testament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 212, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .