Skara

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Skara
Skara coat of arms
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Skara
Skara
Localization of Västra Götaland in Sweden
State : Sweden
Province  (län): Västra Götalands län
Historical Province (landskap): Västergötland
Municipality  : Skara
Coordinates : 58 ° 23 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 23 '  N , 13 ° 26'  E
SCB code : 5420
Status: Crime scene
Residents : 11,437 (December 31, 2015)
Area : 8.39 km²
Population density : 1363 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Västra Götaland County
library
Skara Cathedral

Skara is a town in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic province of Västergötland .

It is located on the European route 20 , about 150 km northeast of Gothenburg . Skara is the center of the former province of Skaraborgs Lan and the capital of the municipality of the same name .

history

Skara's rise began around 1050 when the first Swedish bishopric moved to the city ( Diocese of Skara ). In the Middle Ages, the city became the ecclesiastical and cultural center of Västergötland. After the Reformation in 1527 and the confiscation of all church property by the king, the city lost its economic and cultural importance, but remained an important school town for the region. Its cathedral school, founded in the Middle Ages, was converted into a grammar school in 1641, and a veterinary institute was founded in 1774 (today a college). The further development of the city is characterized by its role as a bishopric and school town, the connection to the economic development in the 19th century was neglected because the route of the main railway line Stockholm- Gothenburg through the city was rejected.

Cityscape

The city center still has its irregular medieval layout . The old market square, the Gothic cathedral , the second oldest in Sweden, and the town hall form the center. Other buildings of cultural and historical interest are the library and the old grammar school from the second half of the 19th century (cultural monuments). There are also a number of wooden houses from the 19th century. North of the old town is the Provincial Museum ( Västergötlands Museum ), which includes an open-air museum with buildings from the region. One of Skara's twin cities is Zeven (Lower Saxony, Germany).

Education and economy

There is a branch of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, SLU) in Skara . Companies in the music and entertainment industry are also based in Skara, making the city one of the most important centers of this industry outside of the big cities.

Skara is the starting point of the Skara – Lundsbrunn museum railway , which is operated by steam trains and rail buses in the summer season (late June to early September).

Personalities

Partnerships

Skara maintains a partnership with the German municipality of Zeven in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district in Lower Saxony .

See also

Web links

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

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. ↑ http://www.zeven.de/infos/samtgemeinde-zeven/staedtepartektivenen/mid_44782.html
  3. ↑ http://skjl.se/indexd.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / skjl.se