Limhamn is, in administrative sense, the southern district of the city of Malmö in Sweden. The name literally means "Lime harbour". Before 1915, Limhamn was (briefly) a town of its own. The notion of towns and cities in Scania is somewhat problematic or controversial, as the Scanian usage of the Swedish terms for city/town and village differ somewhat from that in the rest of Sweden, and may be considered related to the Danish usage. ... View over Malmö IPA: /málmø:/ is the third largest city in Sweden, situated in the southernmost province of SkÃ¥ne. ... Doubly refracting Calcite from Iceberg claim, Dixon, New Mexico. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

The population of the Limhamn–Bunkeflo administrative district (including suburbs) is 31,000, of which 7,000 live in the southern suburbs Tygelsjö and Bunkeflostrand, and some live in neighbourhoods that aren't usually counted to Limhamn proper.

History

Archeological findings revealed a stoneage village from the Ertebølle culture at Limhamn. The interpretation of Limhamn's fate in later times diverge. Limhamn is by some held to have been one of the more important fishing villages in Scania, with a population living of the sea and relatively stable in size through the centuries, but this opinion is not undisputed. Stone Age fishing hook. ... Map of European Neolithic at the apogee of Danubian expansion, ca. ... The Flag of SkÃ¥ne (also known as Scania in English) is the southernmost historical province (landskap) and County (Län) of Sweden. ...

Limestone has been quarried at least since the early 16th century, which we know since king Christian II of Denmark (1513–1523) forbade the trade on the illegal harbour Limhamn. But first from 1871 has the quarry been of industrial extent. A large cement factory, railway connection to Malmö, and a freight harbour were constructed in 1889. Soon also other industries were established. Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Christian II (July 2, 1481 – January 25, 1559) was a Danish monarch and King of Denmark, Norway (1513 – 1523) and Sweden (1520 – 1521), under the Kalmar Union. ... 1513 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Cement is a material used for bonding other materials together, and as a binder in concrete. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Limhamn grew rapidly in the last decades of the 19th century: to 2,500 inhabitants in 1886, to 8,000 in 1905, when Limhamn was declared as town, and to 10,000 in 1915 when Limhamn was incorporated with the ten times larger town of Malmö (democratically but narrowly decided by the town council). The next increase of the population started with the industrial boom after World War II, when a few blocks of flats were built. From the late 1950s a belt of new detached houses led to Limhamn physically growing together with Malmö. Locals may dispute which of these new neighbourhoods that really are parts of Limhamn proper, and which are to be rightfully counted to Malmö, why figures for Limhamn's present-day population may vary approximately in the range 20,000–24,000. The industries have chiefly been closed down in the late 20th century, and most people now work elsewhere in the metropolitan area that covers most of Western Scania. 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or hubs. ...

Demographics

Today, all of Limhamn is a modestly prestigious area to live in. Very few of the houses from the pre-industrial epoch remain, but old Limhamn is characterized by owner-occupied brick houses from the late 19th and early 20th century, many of which originally were owner-build working class houses for one, two or three families. Blue-collar workers, craftsmen, and white-collar workers dominate.

Miscellaneous topics

During the interwar years, Hermann Göring piloted the first mail-carrying seaplane, on the route Limhamn - Warnemünde, probably while being employed at Svenska Lufttrafik. He lived for a while at Linnégatan 12 in Limhamn. Hermann Wilhelm Göring. ... The popular local recreation area of Warnemünde, Germany, is situated north of the Hanseatic town of Rostock, where the Warnow river flows into the Baltic Sea. ... Svenska Luftrafik was a Swedish Airline. ...

Books about Limhamn

Ed. Håkansson, Mats: Limhamn:Från stenålder till nutid (Stiftelsen Gerhard Larssons Minne 1994) ISBN 91-630-2747-X

External links

• (Swedish) Limhamn - Kystboplads from Ertebøllekulturen @ Sydsjællands Museum
• (Swedish) A Swedish-language site about Limhamn