Slottshöjden

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Location of the Slottshöjden district in Helsingborg.

Slottshöjden is a district of the Swedish city ​​of Helsingborg in the district of the same name, which has 3,621 inhabitants (as of 2005) . Slottshöjden located near downtown above a country borrow designated rejection edge , which runs through the city, and is adjacent to the former castle grounds ( Helsingborgs slott ) with the surviving tower Kärnan on.

The district used to be called Möllevången . The name change to Slotthöjden was the result of a competition in the newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad in 1945.

Remains of the old fortifications from the 19th century can still be seen in the streets , including a moat in the Öresundpark ( Öresundsparken ). Other traces can be seen in Norra vallgatan and Kopparmöllegatan streets .

The oldest street in the district is Långvinkelsgatan , which used to lead out of the city. The development is urban, mostly functional and from the 1950s. Around Övre Långvinkelsgatan there are also low houses from the 1860s.