Kungsbacka

Kungsbacka is a town in the Swedish province of Halland County and capital of the homonymous municipality ( Kungsbacka kommun ). In the village live 19 057 people.

History

In the Middle Ages there was a marketplace on the Danish side of the border to Sweden. As long as Kungsbacka still belonged to Denmark, it was one of the smallest cities in the country. Even after the city fell to Sweden in 1645, they did not develop further significant because the nearby Gothenburg withdrew workers and workshops. In the middle of the 19th century there was a great fire, after which the town was again rebuilt.

From the sixties of the 20th century mass -scale residential areas emerged in the " richer" in Gothenburg, which reach up to Kungsbacka.

Attractions

In the center of the city is known as the " Red Cottage " ( röda stugan ). This building is one of the few that were not destroyed in the fire of 1846. In it had in the 18th century, the goldsmith of Kungsbacka his workshop. On the central square stands a bronze sculpture called " Tree of Life ". Nearby is the cemetery of Li is