Mariestad Cathedral, 2003

Mariestad is a city (coor 58°42′N, 13°49′E; pop. 20,000 ; area 10 km²). in Västergötland, Sweden and the seat of Mariestad Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It was until 1997 the capital of the former Skaraborg County and an episcopal see until 1646. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1599, 316 KB) Uploaded to English wikipedia by en:User:Skubasteve834), June 13, 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1599, 316 KB) Uploaded to English wikipedia by en:User:Skubasteve834), June 13, 2005. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...   is one of the historical provinces of Sweden (landskap), situated in the southwest of Sweden. ... This page deals with both Mariestad Municipality and the urban area (tätort) Mariestad Mariestad Cathedral, 2003 Mariestad Municipality is a Municipality in western Sweden. ... Västra Götaland County, or Västra Götalands län is a County or län on the western coast of Sweden. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Skaraborg County, or Skaraborgs län, was a county of Sweden until December 31, 1998 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg to form the county of Västra Götaland. ... A see (from the Latin word sedem, meaning seat) is the throne (cathedra) of a bishop. ... 1646 (MDCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

The city was founded in 1583 by Duke Charles, who later became King Charles IX of Sweden. The city is named after his wife Marie of Pfalz. The coat of arms for Mariestad, an ox stepping out of the water, is said to be what Marie of Pfalz saw by the bay of Tidan in Mariestad when she first arrived there. Charles IX (Karl IX) (October 4, 1550 – October 30, 1611), was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. ...

Mariestad is one of two Swedish cities with a cathedral whitout a bishop's seat (the other being Kalmar). Mariestad had a bishop during the 17th century, but the diocese was later merged with the Diocese of Skara. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kalmar is a city in Småland in south east Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. ... The Diocese of Skara is a diocese of the Church of Sweden (the Lutheran, former state church of Sweden), with its seat at Skara in Västergötland. ...

Notable natives

• Torbern Bergman 1735 - 1784, chemist
• Rudolf Kjellén 1864 - 1922 , political scientist
• Carl Fridolf Carlsson 1870 - 1924 industrial man

During World War I Carlsson was the owner of Germany's largest ship industry, Schichau.

• Charles Emil Löfwenskiöd 1810 - 1888, architect.
• Axel Lindahl (1841-1906), pioneering photographer

Mariestad cirka 1700, in Suecia antiqua et hodierna.

Mariestad is one of 134 towns with the historical City status in Sweden.