Eskilstunaån

Eskilstunaån in the center of Eskilstuna

River view in Eskilstuna

The Eskilstunaån is a 32 km long river in Swedish Södermanland. It connects with the Hjalmaren and the Mälaren the fourth and the third largest lake in the country and takes its name from the town of Eskilstuna.

The effluent from the Hjalmaren is ö.h. at 22 m, while the Mälaren has a height of 0.7 m at the mouth. The catchment area is 4183 km ². The Eskilstunaån is the largest tributary of Lake Mälaren, its average amount of water at the discharge is 24 m³ / s

The section through the city Torshälla also means Torshällaån, the one in front of the mouth Hyndevadsström.

The Eskilstunaån historically had a great importance for the economic development of the landscape Rekarne. The medieval town Torshälla and the industrial city of Eskilstuna were both founded on Eskilstunaån. The river was canalised in the 17th century, but the channel was several decades later unusable. Today Eskilstuna och Torshälla canal dates from the 19th century. Today, the river and canal is only partially mobile with small tourist boats, because of the many fixed bridges that have been built since the 1950s.