Saxtorp

Saxtorp
Saxtorp
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gentle
Municipality  :	Landskrona
Coordinates :	55 ° 50 ′  N , 12 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′  N , 12 ° 58 ′  E

Saxtorp is a town in the Swedish province of Skåne län and the historical province (landskap) Schonen . The place is in the municipality of Landskrona , about ten kilometers southeast of the main town Landskrona .

About 1.5 km southwest, closer to the coast of the Øresund , is the significantly larger town of Saxtorpsskogen .

Saxtorp is an old church village around the Saxtorps kyrka, which gave its name to the parish Saxtorps socken and which was the rural community of Saxtorps landskommun , which existed from 1863 to the end of 1951 , as well as the parish of Saxtorps församling , which was independent until 2006 and the district formed in its borders in 2016 . Before 2010 Saxtorp had the status of a Småort with last (2005) 76 inhabitants on an area of ​​13 hectares before the population fell below 50.

Racetrack

Route map

Before the Second World War , Saxtorp was the start and finish of a motorsport racing circuit that was known by the same name as the town.

The track was about 14.5 kilometers long, consisted of public roads that were closed for the racing events and was considered less dangerous than most other street courses of the time. The route was driven clockwise . It ran in a south-easterly direction from Saxtorp to Dösjebro , then ran south-west to Lyckan, then west to Björnstorp and finally back north again to Saxtorp.

From 1930 to 1939 the racetrack hosted the Swedish Grand Prix for motorcycles , which was run for the European motorcycle championship in 1933 and 1939 . The races attracted the works teams of the internationally leading English , Italian and German manufacturers who brought the best pilots of the time to the start. For example, Walfried Winkler , Ewald Kluge and Heiner Fleischmann for DKW , Otto Ley for BMW , Ted Mellors for Velocette or Dorino Serafini for Gilera entered the list of winners for the races in Saxtorp. The Swedish manufacturer Husqvarna was also successful four times with Ragnar Sunnqvist , Gunnar Kalén and Stanley Woods . The record winner on the Saxtorp racetrack was Briton Jimmie Simpson on Norton with three wins .

In 1933, drivers Harry Bjelkerud and Eric Lundberg were killed in accidents at the Swedish Grand Prix.

Today, the Landskrona Motorklubb's motocross race track is located in the south of Saxtorp .

photos

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  Saxtorp Church

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  1930 Swedish Grand Prix poster

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  Start of a motorcycle grand prix in Saxtorp

Web links

• Report about the races at mchksyd.com (Swedish)
• Detailed statistics on the Swedish Grand Prix at racingmemo.free.fr (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiska centralbyrån : Småorternas landareal, folkmängd and invånare per km² 2000 and 2005
2. ↑ Harry Bjelkerud. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed December 14, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Eric Lundberg. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed December 14, 2010 .