Skovde

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Skovde
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Skovde
Skovde
Localization of Västra Götaland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Municipality  : Skovde
Coordinates : 58 ° 23 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 23 '  N , 13 ° 51'  E
SCB code : 5428
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 36,842 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 22.11 km²
Population density : 1666 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County
Old Town Hall

Audio file / audio sample Skovde ? / i [ ˈɧœvˌde ] is a city in theSwedish province of Västra Götalands länand thehistoric province of Västergötland.

It is the capital of the municipality of the same name and is located 24 km east of Skara and 170 km northeast of Gothenburg in the center of the region (and former province) Skaraborg .

history

The origin of the city can be traced back to a medieval pilgrimage site, but the city was of little importance until the 19th century. After 1850, Skövde became one of the most important cities in Västergötland due to the relocation of the Stockholm-Gothenburg railway line through the city. Skövde became an important garrison town with several regiments, but industrial companies also set up production facilities in Skövde, such as B. Volvo , Rockwool et al. a. A university was founded in Skövde in the 1980s .

Cityscape

After a fire of 1759, in which the medieval town was completely destroyed (only one wooden building, called Helénsstugan, was spared from the fire), the town was rebuilt according to a regular layout. The districts with the oldest buildings today are from the second half of the 19th century and reflect the economic boom of that time.

Economy and Infrastructure

Today Skövde is an important industrial city, trade center for the region and a service center, mainly due to the university and the regional hospital. Skövde is also home to the Swedish Rescue Training Center (SRTC). On the more than 125,000 m² practice area of ​​the former Räddningsverket , u. a. Theoretical and practical training for firefighters , rescue services and the military from all over Europe. A great advantage of the location is that the practice facilities can be fired with solid fuels and not just gas. Therefore, many emergency services use z. B. from the Netherlands the system and more and more German BOS units are interested in training at the SRTC in Skövde.

The city is the seat of Västtrafik , Sweden's second largest transport association.

traffic

Skövde has a train station on Västra stambana and an airport ( IATA airport code : KVB ) about 10 km northeast of the city.

A railway connection from Skövde to Karlsborg had existed since July 27, 1876 with the 43 km long Karlsborgbana . The electrification of the single-track line took place in 1937. The tracks are still there.

Passenger traffic was stopped in 1986 and freight traffic at the end of the 1990s. Trafikverket plans to demolish the line (Bandel 541) between Karlsborg and Skövde.

The Tibro – Karlsborg section was officially closed in 2010 and the Skövde – Tibro section followed at the end of 2018. The line has been without maintenance since 2010 and is in poor condition. Thereafter, the plan is to sell the entire site, which can then be used for pedestrian and cycle paths as well as local roads. The demolition is expected to begin in 2022 and be completed in 2023.

Attractions

Sports

Skövde has two handball teams that play in the highest Swedish league, the Elitserien . Sports clubs include:

The home ground of the handball clubs is the Arena Skövde .

sons and daughters of the town

garrison

In Skövde, the Army School (Markstridsskolan) , the Armored Regiment (Skaraborgs regemente) 4 and the Logistics Regiment (Trängregementet) 2 are garrisoned. The city is thus an important location for the heavily reduced Swedish army.

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)
  2. ↑ SRTC website ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srtc.se
  3. ↑ Rivning av Karlsborgsbanan, volume 541. In: trafikverket.se. Retrieved August 8, 2020 (Swedish).