Kristianstad

Kristianstad ( [ krɪ'ɧansta ], Danish Christiansstad outdated, obsolete German Christian City ) is a city in the northeast of the southern Swedish province of Skåne County and the historical province Scania. The city is the capital of the municipality of the same name.

History

Kristianstad was founded in 1614 by the Danish King Christian IV, after the Swedish army had the old city fathers burned at Gustav II Adolf in a campaign.

In the 17th century it was of great importance as Danish border fortification against Sweden. As in 1658 Skåne, Blekinge and Halland had to be ceded to Sweden by the Peace of Roskilde, Kristianstad lost this strategic importance and became the commercial city of influence.

Since 1719 was Kristianstad Kristianstad län capital of the province, which was merged to form Skåne County with Malmo County in 1997.

Attractions

Worth seeing include the well-preserved historical center, the one can still see the former importance as a fortress, and the Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan ( Holy Trinity Church ). The 1618-1628 after plans by the architect Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger built church is one of the most important examples of the Protestant religious building whose principles it with its excellent proportions, probably weighed interplay between bright window openings, decorative details and mainly by the slender granite columns enabled spatial experience met in a special way. In Tivoliparken the city, the theater Kristianstad and the landmarked former museum building Fornstugan.

The Dolmen on the Dösabacken ( Dolmenhügel ) lie west of the Nybodalsvägen, a link road between the villages of Viby and Fjälkinge, east of Kristianstad.

Stora kronohuset

City ​​Hotel

Holy Trinity Church

Theater

Kristianstad Gamla stadsporten

Twinning

• Rendsburg ( Germany ), since 1992

Sports

In Kristianstad, the American football team Kristianstad C4 Lions is located.

On the racetrack Råbelövsbanan in the north of Kristianstad 1955, 1956 and 1957, the Grand Prix of Sweden was held for the World Sportscar Championship. In the years 1959 and 1961, the route -based Grand Prix of Sweden in the Motorcycle World Championship.

The Kristianstad Arena was a venue of the World Handball Championship for Men 2011.