The old water tower in Landskrona is perhaps the local landmark and can be seen from far away

Landskrona is a city in southernmost Sweden with some 27,000 inhabitants. It is seat of the Landskrona municipality (pop. 37,000). It has played an important part in the history of both Sweden and Denmark. Image File history File links City Arms of Landskrona, Sweden Found on Internation Civic Heraldry The new version was found on Swedish Wikipedia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1497 KB) Landskrona Originally uploaded on svwiki by sv:Användare:Carl-Johan Aberger Released into the public domain by author. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1497 KB) Landskrona Originally uploaded on svwiki by sv:Användare:Carl-Johan Aberger Released into the public domain by author. ... Landskrona is a municipality and town in Scania in southernmost Sweden. ...

History

The city Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete with Danish towns under Hanseatic control. A Carmelite monastery was founded in 1410, English merchants were granted the privileges in a royal charter in 1412, and the town itself was chartered in 1413. Landskrona was burned by the Hanseatic League in 1428.   SkÃ¥ne? (also known as Scania) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) of Sweden. ... Eric of Pomerania Eric of Pomerania, Erik af Pommern, Erik VII (Danish title), Erik av Pommern (Eirik III) (Norwegian title) or Erik av Pommern (Eric XIII) (Swedish title), was adopted by Margaret I of Denmark and became the hereditary king of Norway (1389 – 1442), elected king of Denmark (1412 – 1439... The Hanseatic League (German: die Hanse) was an alliance of trading cities that established and maintained a trade monopoly over most of Northern Europe and the Baltic for a time in the later Middle Ages and the Early Modern period (ie between the 13th and 17th century). ... The Order of Our Lady of Mt. ... Events July 15 – Lithuanian forces under the cousins Władysław Jagiełło of Poland and Witowt of Lithuania decisively defeat the forces of the Teutonic Knights, whose power is broken Jan Hus is excommunicated by the Archbishop of Prague. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan. ... // Events March 20 - Henry V becomes King of England Project of Annals of Joseon Dynasty began. ... // Events October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. ...

The town supported the deposed king Christian II of Denmark (1525), and opposed the Reformation in Denmark (1535), and in both cases found itself among the defeated. The Reformist King Christian III of Denmark abstained however from retaliation, and instead founded a castle to protect the harbour. The castle, built where the monastery had been situated until the Reformation, was completed by 1560. Christian II (1481 – 1559) was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 – 1523) and Sweden (1520 – 1521), under the Kalmar Union. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... The Protestant Reformation was a movement which began in the 16th century as a series of attempts to reform the Roman Catholic Church, but ended in division and the establishment of new institutions, most importantly Lutheranism, Reformed churches, and Anabaptists. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Christian III Christian III (August 12, 1503–January 1, 1559), king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick I of Denmark and his first consort, Anne of Brandenburg. ... The Alcázar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ...

After Terra Scania was ceded to Sweden in 1658, the good harbour and the strong fort were reasons for plans to make Landskrona a commercial center of the acquired territory with extraordinary privileges for foreign trade. The castle was reinforced by bastions, the area inside the moats extended to 400x400 meters, the castle was considered the strongest and most modern in Scandinavia, but was temporarily lost to the Danes after a comparably short siege July 8-August 2, 1676. The commandant Colonel Hieronymus Lindeberg was consequently sentenced to death for high treason. Terra Scania, or Skåneland, once constituted the eastern part of the Danish kingdom. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who had plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross The Great Belt (Storebælt) in Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by... The point of a bastion on a reconstructed French fort in Illinois. ... The moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire, England Moats were deep and wide water-filled trenches, to provide a barrier against attack upon castle ramparts or other fortifications. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... Events January 29 - Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia First measurement of the speed of light, by Ole Rømer Bacons Rebellion Russo-Turkish Wars commence. ...

The citadell of Landskrona

Any further plans for Landskrona were however not realized, for various reasons. The continued Swedish-Danish wars favoured Karlskrona, located at a safer distance from Denmark, replacing Landskrona as a naval base, the fortifications were discontinued, and Malmö remained the most important commercial town - despite Malmö lacking a harbour until the late 18th century. The fortifications at Landskrona were expanded considerably between 1747 and 1788, but were condemned in 1822, whereafter the garrison was abolished in 1869. The walls and moats of the fortifications are today a beautiful recreational area, commonly known as the Landskrona Citadel. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1650 KB) Landskrona Originally uploaded on svwiki by sv:Användare:Dat95car, renamed sv:Användare:Carl-Johan Aberger Author: sv:Användare:Dat95car Original caption: Citadellet i Landskrona Foto: Användare:dat95car, tagen 2004-04-11 Swedish upload history... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 1650 KB) Landskrona Originally uploaded on svwiki by sv:Användare:Dat95car, renamed sv:Användare:Carl-Johan Aberger Author: sv:Användare:Dat95car Original caption: Citadellet i Landskrona Foto: Användare:dat95car, tagen 2004-04-11 Swedish upload history... Karlskrona is a city in south-eastern Sweden. ...   Malmö? IPA: [málmø:] is a town and municipality in the southernmost Swedish province of SkÃ¥ne. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about a type of fortification. ...

Transport

Since January 2001 Landskrona has a new railway station on the main line between Malmö and Göteborg along the Swedish west coast. The connection between the new station and the city centre, "The Station Shuttle", is operated with trolleybuses from 27 August 2003. Landskrona is the only city in Sweden operating trolleybuses.   Malmö? IPA: [málmø:] is a town and municipality in the southernmost Swedish province of SkÃ¥ne. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ...

Landskrona trolleybus

Image File history File links Summary Trolleybus in Landskrona, Kolonigatan, 15 Feberuary 2005. ... Image File history File links Summary Trolleybus in Landskrona, Kolonigatan, 15 Feberuary 2005. ...

See also

• Towns of Scania
• Cities in Sweden
• List of Swedish wars
• Hven
• Landskrona municipality
• Trolleybus
• List of cities with trolleybuses

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External links

• Landskrona - Official site
• Landskrona Trolleybus - Pictures from the construction of the trolleybus line (in Swedish)