Vrigstad

	Vrigstad
	Vrigstad
State :	Sweden
Province (län):	Jönköpings län
Historical Province (landskap):	Småland
Municipality :	Sävsjö
Coordinates :	57 ° 21 ′ N , 14 ° 29 ′ E Coordinates: 57 ° 21 ′ N , 14 ° 29 ′ E
SCB code :	1728
Status:	Crime scene
Residents :	1461 (December 31, 2015)
Area :	2.13 km²
Population density :	686 inhabitants / km²
	List of perpetrators in Jönköpings län

Place in Vrigstad

Vrigstad Church

Vrigstad is a place ( Tatort ) in the Swedish province of Jönköpings län and the historic province of Småland .

The place is located on the southern slope of the Småland highlands at an altitude of about 200 meters above sea level and is surrounded by lakes and forests.

history

The place in the municipality of Sävsjö is an old trading post and lies along the trade route Vetlanda - Värnamo . Vrigstadsån flows through the village . The name Vrigstads is said to derive from the place on the winding river . In the immediate vicinity there is a stone setting as well as remains of domestic settlements from the Stone and Bronze Ages .

There was an inn in the village in which the famous biologist Carl von Linné also stayed. The tradition is carried on from Vrigstads Wärdshus , located near the church .

Several industrial companies settled on the river, but they no longer exist today. So there were breweries, dye works and tanneries. Today there are mainly wood industry companies in the village that use the surrounding forests as suppliers of raw materials, such as sawmills and companies that manufacture furniture and prefabricated houses.

Vrigstad was an important trading center until the 18th century, but the place lost its importance with the construction of the Södra stambanan and the associated opening of the railway station in the neighboring village of Sävsjö .

In 1971 Vrigstad became part of the Sävsjö municipality.

Attractions

There is a bank museum in Gamla Bankgården Vrigstad . Vrigstad Church is a little west of the center of the village . Northeast of Vrigstad on the road to Sävsjö is selected from the Iron Age dating cemetery of Vrigstad .

sons and daughters of the town

Born in Vrigstad:

Oscar Louis Carlstrom (1879–1950), Swedish politician
Einar Ralf (1888–1971), opera singer and composer
Åke Edwardson (* 1953), writer

The Swedish painter Ture Fabiansson (1910–1994) and the translator of sacred songs David Evert Ekman (1916–2000) died in Vrigstad.

Web links

Site of the home association

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Statistiska centralbyrån : Land area per Tatort, folkmängd and invånare per square kilometer. Vart femte år 1960 - 2015 (database query)

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