Simrishamn

	Simrishamn
	Simrishamn
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Skåne County
Historical Province (landskap):	Gentle
Municipality :	Simrishamn
Coordinates :	55 ° 33 ' N , 14 ° 21' E Coordinates: 55 ° 33 ' N , 14 ° 21' E
SCB code :	3060
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	6779 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	4.78 km²
Population density :	1418 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Skåne County

Simrishamn is a place ( Tatort ) in the southern Swedish province of Skåne län and the historic province of Schonen , located on the Baltic Sea .

The name of the port city is derived from the words simris for spring or water-rich area and hamn for port. From here there is a ferry connection to Allinge-Sandvig on the Danish island of Bornholm . Simrishamn is the capital of the municipality of the same name .

history

Initially, Simrishamn was a small fishing village supplying the town of Tumathorp to the east (today Östra Tommarp ). Like the entire region, it belonged to Denmark . In the Heimskringla it is reported how the Norwegian Sigurd Jorslafare sailed to Simrishamn (Svimvaros) in 1123 and then plundered the city of Tumathorp.

The Church of St. Nicolai is mentioned in a document from 1161 and has been a point of reference for shipping since that time. After a big fire in Tumathorp, Simrishamn, then called Simmershavn , became more and more important. The town flourished during the reign of Christian IV , but in 1655 large parts of the population were struck down by the plague .

Through the Peace of Roskilde in 1658 Simrishamn came to Sweden along with Skåne and other areas. The city had Sweden's largest fishing fleet until the 1980s, but today it is severely affected by fishing restrictions and a lack of fish.

Twin cities

Poland Kołobrzeg (Kolberg) , Poland
Germany Barth , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Personalities

Emilia Fogelklou (1878–1972), theologian, religious historian and author
Birgit Rausing (* 1924), art historian
Percy Barnevik (born 1941), manager
Helena Harrysson (* 1953), writer
Marie Svensson (* 1967), table tennis player

gallery

Rock carvings from the Bronze Age indicate shipbuilding and seafaring
Rådmansgatan street with typical local developments
Saint Nikolai Church
Fishing port

Web links

Commons : Simrishamn - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Sources and Notes

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
↑ ^a ^b There has been much speculation about the original builder, some authors interpret Simrisnamn or Simmershavn and Symbrishafn as a derivative of Cimbrishamn or Cimbrishavn and suspected an early port of the Cimbri .

[scb_aktuell-1] Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

[Kimbern-2] There has been much speculation about the original builder, some authors interpret Simrisnamn or Simmershavn and Symbrishafn as a derivative of Cimbrishamn or Cimbrishavn and suspected an early port of the Cimbri .