Riddarhyttan

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Riddarhyttan
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Riddarhyttan
Riddarhyttan
Localization of Västmanland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västmanland County
Historical Province (landskap): Vastmanland
Municipality  : Skinnskatteberg
Coordinates : 59 ° 48 '  N , 15 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 48 '  N , 15 ° 33'  E
SCB code : 6304
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 321 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 0.75 km²
Population density : 428 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västmanland County

Riddarhyttan is a locality ( tätort ) in the Swedish municipality of Skinnskatteberg in the province of Västmanland County . The place was characterized by mining from its creation until the 1980s . Riddarhyttan is located on Riksväg 68 , halfway between Örebro and Falun .

Archaeological investigations found a large number of racing furnaces in the area around the village. The oldest were around 700 BC. Created. In the centuries that followed, several facilities for the smelting of copper and iron ore and a number of hammer mills were built in Riddarhyttan . From the 17th century, iron production was concentrated in the Lienshyttan smelter southwest of the village. This hut with the associated furnace was in operation until 1953. The buildings are open to visitors as part of the Bergslagen Ekomuseum . The last mine in Riddarhyttan was closed in the 1980s.

There was a network of railways and cable cars for the transport of goods within Riddarhyttan and to the surrounding villages . These included the Köping – Uttersberg – Riddarhyttan railway line .

  • Lienshyttan (around 1900)

  • former manor house

  • school

  • old blast furnace

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. ↑ a b Riddarhyttan ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Schw.), Älgmark Malingsbo-Kloten, accessed September 27, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.algmark.se
  3. ↑ a b Lienshytte masugn (Schw.), Ekomuseum Bergslagen, accessed September 27, 2016.

Web links

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