Ruokolahti

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Ruokolahden kunta
coat of arms map
Ruokolahti coat of arms Location of Ruokolahti in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : South Karelia
Administrative community : Imatra
Geographical location 61 ° 18 ′  N , 28 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 18 ′  N , 28 ° 49 ′  E
Surface: 1,220.04 km²
of which land area: 943.61 km²
of which inland waterways: 276.43 km²
Residents : 5,099 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 5.4 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 700
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.ruokolahti.fi

Ruokolahti [ ˈruɔkɔlɑhti ] ( Swedish historically Ruokolax ) is a municipality in southeastern Finland with 5099 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is in the countryside of South Karelia on the Saimaa Lake. In total there are over 500 lakes in the Ruokolahti area. This makes Ruokolahti a popular location for vacation homes . In the summer, the number of inhabitants doubles due to the number of holiday guests.

About 20 km away is Imatra , one of the border crossings to Russia .

history

Ruokolahti was already inhabited between 4,000 and 5,000 years ago. Rock carvings on the Kolmiköytinen hill are evidence of this. In 1572 Ruokolahti became an independent parish from during the Russian period was today's municipality 1,862th Today's church in the village was built in 1854 on the Kirkkomäki hill according to plans by Ernst Lohrmann . One of the most famous works by the painter Albert Edelfelt is “Old Women from Ruokolahti on the Church Hill” (1887).

Culture

In addition to the wooden cruciform church and the bell tower with a shingle roof, there is a local museum. The Rantalinna Castle is also nearby . The castle was built in Art Nouveau style and completed in 1913. From 1915 to 1929 it was owned by the Russian princely couple Eugenia Maximilianova Romanovskaya and Alexander von Oldenburg . Another attraction are the Kutvele, Käyhkää and Kukonharju canals, which were built by Russian soldiers in the 18th century.

Sons and daughters

gallery

  • Ruokolahti Church 01.JPG
  • Ruokolahti Church 02.JPG
  • Ruokolahti Church 03.JPG
  • Ruokolahti Church 04.JPG
  • Ruokolahti Church 05.JPG

Others

In 1992, Ruokolahti caused a sensation across Finland when a lion was allegedly spotted in the forest . The truth of the matter has not yet been clarified when a possible explanation was put forward that it was a lion that broke out of a Russian circus . In the media summer slump , the incident met with a huge response. The lion is still the mascot of Ruokolahti today.

Web links

Commons : Ruokolahti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018