Ronneby
Ronneby | |
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 Bergslagen in Ronneby | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Ronneby  Ronneby | |
| Coordinates:56°12′N15°17′E/ 56.200°N 15.283°E | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Blekinge |
| County | Blekinge County |
| Municipality | Ronneby Municipality |
| Charter | 1882 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.75 km2(2.99 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,029 |
| • Density | 1,552/km2(4,020/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(CEST) |
Ronnebyis alocalityand the seat ofRonneby MunicipalityinBlekinge County,Swedenwith 12,029 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's most beautiful park. 2006 the park was voted Europe's 4th most beautiful park.[2]The churchHeliga Kors kyrkawas founded in the 12th century, modified and extended until the 15th century, and badly damaged duringNorthern Seven Years' Warin the 16th century.
History
[edit]The city's oldest surviving city privileges are from 1387. The first recorded spelling of the name (around the year 1300) isRotnæby,"the village upon the roaring (river)", so named because of the rapids on the spot. In theMiddle Ages,Ronneby was an important trading and shipping town.
In 1564, Ronneby was the location of a bloody battle during theNorthern Seven Years' Warbetween the Swedish and the Danish armies during which the Swedes under KingErik XIVbesieged the city, killed many inhabitants (Ronneby Bloodbath) and burnt it to the ground.[3]Erik later reported that "The Water was red from blood of the Danes." The number of victims was heavily exaggerated, for different propagandistic reasons, by both sides.[citation needed]
Following theTreaty of Roskildein 1658, whereby Blekinge and other southern provinces became Swedish, a navy base was built inKarlskrona– east of Ronneby – which accordingly was granted city rights, while revoking the city rights of Ronneby.
But Ronneby did attract some industries in the 18th century. Besides the industry, it also hosted the Ronnebyspa,with water believed to have healing qualities. The park around the spa can still be visited. The first source ofchalybeate(ferruginous) water was found in May 1705. But the high period of the spa was in the 19th century.
After a fire in 1864, Ronneby was rebuilt according to a check pattern, which is still the model of today. Ronneby finally regained its city title in 1882. From 1971 it is the seat of the largerRonneby Municipality.
In the 1970s, the localdivingclub discovered ashipwreckoff the coast of Ronneby that was eventually identified by archaeologists asGribshunden,a 15th-centuryDanishwarship.[4][5]The shipwreck is significant as one of the best-preserved wreckages from theearly modern period.[4][6]
Arms
[edit]Ronneby did use acoat of armswith the letter R between a star and a crescent at least since 1542. In 1882, the arms were redesigned, with the R substituted with the Ronnebyå River. The same coat of arms is used today by the municipality.
Images
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Rhododendron and lake in Brunnspark -
Monks stairs with Heliga Kors kyrka in the background -
Heliga Kors kyrka -
Heliga Kors kyrka, window -
Heliga Kors kyrka, view to chorus -
Heliga Kors kyrka, paintings -
Heliga Kors kyrka, detail of paintings
Education
[edit]- Knut Hahn Secondary School,a school aimed primarily at students in their late teens. It was completely renovated in 2004, at a cost of well over 100 million SEK (roughly US$16 million). It is funded and run by theRonneby Municipality.It features most of the national programmes, teaching arts, science, industrial work and economics among many other subjects. It has about 700 students.
- Blekinge Institute of Technology(moved toKarlskronain August 2010)
Ronneby also has many schools for lower ages, all run by the municipality save for a secondary school which is run by a company, called Thoren Framtid.
Climate
[edit]Ronneby has anoceanic climate(Cfb), similar to most of Southern Sweden. The climate is very similar to neighbouring cityKarlshamn,but has a somewhat higher rainfall and cooler nights throughout the year at the site located inside the premises of the local airport.
| Climate data forRonneby Airport2002–2018; extremes since 1946 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11.5 (52.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
19.2 (66.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.2 (82.8) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.3 (91.9) |
33.2 (91.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
22.2 (72.0) |
14.6 (58.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
33.3 (91.9) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
8.3 (46.9) |
14.4 (57.9) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.9 (84.0) |
27.5 (81.5) |
22.5 (72.5) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.9 (35.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.2 (54.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.9 (73.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
17.9 (64.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
3.6 (38.5) |
12.1 (53.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.5 (43.7) |
11.4 (52.5) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.0 (46.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.9 (46.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −3.2 (26.2) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
0.8 (33.4) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.0 (48.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
4.3 (39.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
3.6 (38.5) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −14.9 (5.2) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
2.6 (36.7) |
6.4 (43.5) |
4.8 (40.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−7.1 (19.2) |
−11.7 (10.9) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.8 (−25.2) |
−27.7 (−17.9) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−2.5 (27.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−17.5 (0.5) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−31.8 (−25.2) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 54.6 (2.15) |
36.7 (1.44) |
33.3 (1.31) |
28.9 (1.14) |
45.1 (1.78) |
60.3 (2.37) |
77.9 (3.07) |
67.9 (2.67) |
48.2 (1.90) |
73.1 (2.88) |
69.1 (2.72) |
57.5 (2.26) |
652.6 (25.69) |
| Source 1: SMHI Open Data[7] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002–2018[8] | |||||||||||||
Sports
[edit]These are two of the more prominent sports clubs in Ronneby:
- Ronneby BK,association football
- Fredriksbergs BK, bandy
Notable residents
[edit]- Josefina Wettergrund(1830–1903), writer
- Messiah Marcolin,vocalist best known for his work in the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abc"Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km22005 och 2010 "(in Swedish).Statistics Sweden.14 December 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 27 January 2012.Retrieved10 January2012.
- ^"Sveriges vackraste park 2005 - Ronneby Kommun".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-05-09.Retrieved2012-05-06.Information about the park on the site of the municipality. Retrieved: 6.05.2012
- ^Peterson, Gary Dean (2007): "Warrior Kings of Sweden. The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries." McFarland. p.55ff.
- ^abWarming, Rolf (2015-07-01)."Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations".Combat Archaeology.Retrieved2015-08-13.
- ^Einarsson, Av Lars."Ett skeppsvrak i Ronneby skärgård"[A shipwreck in the archipelago of Ronneby](PDF)(in Swedish). Kalmar Läns Museum (Kalmar County Museum).Retrieved2015-08-13.
- ^"Medieval ship's 'sea monster' figurehead raised from Baltic".BBC News.2015-08-12.Retrieved2015-08-13.
- ^"SMHI öppen data för Ronneby-Bredåkra"(in Swedish).Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.
- ^"Yearly and Monthly Statistics".SMHI. 28 June 2019.
External links
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- Collection ofRonnebylinks
- Official website
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