Ronneby
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Ronneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality
in Blekinge County
, Sweden
with 11,767 inhabitants in 2005.
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. Ronneby also has a church which was founded in the 12th century.
In 1564, Ronneby was the location of a bloody battle during the Northern Seven Years' War
between the Swedish and the Danish armies during which the Swedes under King Erik XIV besieged the city, killed many inhabitants and burnt it to the ground. 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.
Following the Treaty of Roskilde
in 1658, whereby Blekinge and other southern provinces became Swedish land, a navy base was built in Karlskrona
– 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 Ronneby spa, believed to have healing qualities. The park around the spa can still be visited. The first source of irony 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 once more got the title of a city in 1882. Since 1971 it is the seat of the larger Ronneby Municipality
.
The city had used a coat of arms
with 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 today used by the municipality.
Its sister cities are Johnson City, Tennessee
and Enfield, Connecticut
in the United States of America.
Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality...
in Blekinge County
Blekinge County
Blekinge County is a county or län in the south of Sweden. It borders the Counties of Skåne, Kronoberg, Kalmar and the Baltic Sea. The capital is Karlskrona...
, 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....
with 11,767 inhabitants in 2005.
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. Ronneby also has a church which was founded in the 12th century.
History
The city was first granted city privileges in 1387. The first recorded spelling of the name (around the year 1300) is Rotnæby, "the village upon the roaring (river)", so named because of the rapids on the spot. In the Middle Ages Ronneby was an important trading and shipping town.In 1564, Ronneby was the location of a bloody battle during the Northern Seven Years' War
Northern Seven Years' War
The Northern Seven Years' War was the war between Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck and the Polish–Lithuanian union, fought between 1563 and 1570...
between the Swedish and the Danish armies during which the Swedes under King Erik XIV besieged the city, killed many inhabitants and burnt it to the ground. 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.
Following the Treaty of Roskilde
Treaty of Roskilde
The Treaty of Roskilde was concluded on 26 February or 8 March 1658 during the Second Northern War between Frederick III of Denmark–Norway and Charles X Gustav of Sweden in the Danish city of Roskilde...
in 1658, whereby Blekinge and other southern provinces became Swedish land, a navy base was built in Karlskrona
Karlskrona
Karlskrona is a locality and the seat of Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 35,212 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Blekinge County. Karlskrona is known as Sweden's only baroque city and is host to Sweden's only remaining naval base and the headquarters of the...
– 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 Ronneby spa, believed to have healing qualities. The park around the spa can still be visited. The first source of irony 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 once more got the title of a city in 1882. Since 1971 it is the seat of the larger Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby Municipality
Ronneby Municipality is a municipality in Blekinge County in southern Sweden. It borders to Tingsryd Municipality, Emmaboda Municipality, Karlskrona Municipality and Karlshamn Municipality...
.
The city had used a coat of arms
Coat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
with 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 today used by the municipality.
Its sister cities are Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County...
and Enfield, Connecticut
Enfield, Connecticut
Enfield is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 45,212 at the 2000 census. It sits on the border with Longmeadow, Massachusetts and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the...
in the United States of America.
Sports
The following sports clubs are located in Ronneby:- Ronneby BKRonneby BKRonneby BK is a Swedish football club located in Ronneby. -Background:Ronneby BK currently plays in Division 4 Blekinge which is the sixth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Brunnsvallen in Ronneby....
- Fredriksbergs BK has for long been Blekinge´s only remaining bandyBandyBandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...
club despite very bad preconditions. They often have had to play their home matches at Åby/Tjureda´s ice rink in Växjö Municipality. In the summer of 2011 the decision came to build an artificially frozen bandy rink.http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.laget.se/fredriksberg/3121-nyhetsarkiv-item-118233.html&ei=krCFTpLcN8uW0QW2u9D3Dw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CB0Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.laget.se/fredriksberg/3121-nyhetsarkiv-item-118233.html%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D571%26prmd%3Dimvns
External links
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