Avaskär
Encyclopedia
Avaskär is a village, with chapel and cemetery, in Kristianopel parish in eastern Blekinge
in Sweden
.
The city is mentioned first in 1350 and existed until 1600, when the city together with Lyckå lost its city charter in favor of the newly fortress city Kristianopel
. During the 1300s, the Danes re-conquered Blekinge. Avaskär's past history is not very well known since the Danish king Valdemar IV of Denmark
is said to have destroyed all the documents from this period.
During the Middle Ages, Avaskär was one of Denmark's smallest cities, located only six kilometers from the Swedish border. The city suffered from numerous depredations and fires during the regular Swedish-Danish wars of the 15th and 16th centuries.
In 1451, the Swedish king Karl Knutsson (Bonde) and Denmark's King Christian I
met in Avaskär to resolve a conflict. Denmark and Sweden had been at war since 1449 over which country had the right to Gotland. No significant resolve was reached as a result of this meeting.
Avaskär was poorly consolidated and uplift had made port conditions worsen. During the Nordic Seven Years' War, the town was burned down by Swedes (15 September 1563). The city was rebuilt, but its heyday was over.
In 1598, Sigismund
arrived with his fleet to Avaskär and traveled from there to Kalmar to assert his right to the throne of Sweden (see War against Sigismund
). The following year, Christian IV decided to found a better fortified town named Kristianopel, and the name Avaskär disappeared thereafter from history.
Blekinge
' is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden , situated in the south of the country. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea.The name "Blekinge" comes from the adjective bleke, which corresponds to the nautical term for "dead calm"....
in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
The city is mentioned first in 1350 and existed until 1600, when the city together with Lyckå lost its city charter in favor of the newly fortress city Kristianopel
Kristianopel
Kristianopel is a village in Karlskrona Municipality in the southeastern Swedish province of Blekinge.-History of the town:Kristianopel is located in the easternmost part of Blekinge, which was the easternmost part of Denmark in beginning of the 17th century...
. During the 1300s, the Danes re-conquered Blekinge. Avaskär's past history is not very well known since the Danish king Valdemar IV of Denmark
Valdemar IV of Denmark
Valdemar IV of Denmark or Waldemar ; , was King of Denmark from 1340 to 1375.-Ascension to the throne:...
is said to have destroyed all the documents from this period.
During the Middle Ages, Avaskär was one of Denmark's smallest cities, located only six kilometers from the Swedish border. The city suffered from numerous depredations and fires during the regular Swedish-Danish wars of the 15th and 16th centuries.
In 1451, the Swedish king Karl Knutsson (Bonde) and Denmark's King Christian I
Christian I of Denmark
Christian I was a Danish monarch, king of Denmark , Norway and Sweden , under the Kalmar Union. In Sweden his short tenure as monarch was preceded by regents, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott and succeeded by regent Kettil Karlsson Vasa...
met in Avaskär to resolve a conflict. Denmark and Sweden had been at war since 1449 over which country had the right to Gotland. No significant resolve was reached as a result of this meeting.
Avaskär was poorly consolidated and uplift had made port conditions worsen. During the Nordic Seven Years' War, the town was burned down by Swedes (15 September 1563). The city was rebuilt, but its heyday was over.
In 1598, Sigismund
Sigismund
Sigismund is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German sigu "victory" + munt "hand, protection". Tacitus Latinises it Segimundus...
arrived with his fleet to Avaskär and traveled from there to Kalmar to assert his right to the throne of Sweden (see War against Sigismund
War against Sigismund
The war against Sigismund was a war between Duke Charles, later King Charles IX and Sigismund, King of Sweden and Poland. Lasting from 1598 to 1599, it is also called War of Deposition against Sigismund, since the focus of the conflicts was the attempt to depose the latter from the throne of Sweden...
). The following year, Christian IV decided to found a better fortified town named Kristianopel, and the name Avaskär disappeared thereafter from history.