Sölvesborg

Sölvesborg is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Blekinge County, the historical province of Blekinge. It is the capital of the municipality of the same name.

The town's origins lie in the Middle Ages. The only remaining buildings from this time is the Nikolai church, built around the year 1300. Today Much of the city's downtown reflects the medieval road. In the middle of the 19th century Sölvesborg flourished as the center of a region with many distilleries.

In Sölvesborg is also a rune stone from the 6th century, the Stentoftenstein. Its inscription reads translated: " The residents of Nihua and the sojourners of Nihua Hådulf was a good year. " Rest is not understandable. The addition reads as follows: "I, master of the runes carved powerful runes here. For always fraught with suffering, death shall fall prey which destroys this monument. "

In the summer Sölvesborg is a tourist magnet. For this purpose - in addition to the beautiful surroundings - various festivals responsible, such as Killebom with medieval market and other cultural performances or the Sweden Rock Festival.

Stentoftenstein

Fountain of 1948 in Sölvesborg. It provides Ask and Embla dar.

Medium wave transmitter

Near Sölvesborg is the medium wave transmitter Sölvesborg.