Strängnäs

This article deals with Strängnäs; for the Swedish municipality of Strängnäs, see Strängnäs (municipality) .

Strängnäs
Strängnäs
State :	Sweden
Province  (län):	Södermanland County
Historical Province (landskap):	Södermanland
Municipality  :	Strängnäs
Coordinates :	59 ° 23 '  N , 17 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 23 '  N , 17 ° 2'  E
SCB code :	0868
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	13,693 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	7.19 km²
Population density :	1904 inhabitants / km²
List of perpetrators in Södermanland County

Strängnäs

Strängnäs

Small boat harbor with windmill

Strängnäs (German obsolete Stregnes ) is a town in the Swedish province of Södermanland County and the historic province of Södermanland . It is the capital of the municipality of the same name .

history

Around the year 1080 the Holy Eskil came to the place and tried to prevent a pagan festival of sacrifice . He was then stoned by locals . Strängnäs Cathedral is now located on the former sacrificial site .

In 1120 Strängnäs was mentioned as Stringines for the first time as a bishopric . In 1275 it was written Strengines . The suffix -näs refers to the headland that extends into the Mälaren and on which the oldest parts of the city are located.

The first stone church was built around 1280. About 20 years earlier, a Dominican monastery had been established in the center of the village. In 1336 Strängnäs received city ​​rights .

1520–1524 Olaus Petri was a deacon in Strängnäs and preached Reformation . On June 6, 1523 was Gustav Vasa in the cathedral for the Swedish royal chosen . On the occasion of this event, the Swedish national holiday is celebrated on June 6th.

Districts

Finninge is a district of Strängnäs with 3000 inhabitants. The area was built in the 1970s and consists mostly of villas and townhouses. There is a primary school here.

Culture and sights

The most important building in Strängnäs is the Strängnäs Cathedral . It was first built around 1250 as a wooden church, which was later replaced by a Gothic brick building. The second oldest grammar school in Sweden, the Thomasgymnasiet, is located in the village .

Another landmark of the city is the red, six-bladed windmill at the harbor from 1855, which overlooks the city.

economy

Strängnäs is a center of the pharmaceutical industry. Companies like Pfizer or AstraZeneca carry out their research here. In the company Leine & Linde are encoders manufactured. Furthermore, the place is the seat of the state lottery control authority. Until recently, a tank regiment was also stationed here.

Twin cities

• Ratzeburg , Germany
• Leikanger , Norway
• Ribe , Denmark

sons and daughters of the town

• Laurentius Andreae (≈1470–1552), Imperial Chancellor and reformer
• Johan Hallen (1588–1659), diplomat
• Johan Adler Salvius (1590–1652), baron, imperial councilor and diplomat
• Henrik Benzelius (1689–1758), Lutheran theologian and archbishop
• Karl August Nicander (1799–1839), writer and poet
• Lennart Nilsson (1922–2017), photographer and science filmmaker
• Ulf Weinstock (* 1952), former ice hockey player and current trainer
• Sara Thunebro (* 1979), soccer player

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. ↑ Svenskt local dictionary . Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, Uppsala 2003, p. 299, ISBN 91-7229-020-X .