Lanark

Lanark (Gaelic Lannraig ) is located at the Clyde a Scottish town in the county of South Lanarkshire, about 50 km south-east of Glasgow. The village has about 8,250 inhabitants, can look back on a rich history and was the seat of the historic county of Lanarkshire. Today the town is best known for " Lanark Lanimers ", in June committed each year celebrations, on King David I (1124-1153) decline, the Lanark during his reign the status of a " Royal Burgh " gave ( royal town privileges). The first records of this festival date from 1488th

William Wallace, the film Braveheart served his life with Mel Gibson as a template, according to legend, lived in Lanark and was secretly married to the local Marion Braidfute. A statue at the St. Nicholas Parish Church and a plaque in the town center commemorates him. Since 2005, a festival is organized in his honor in August.

The rally driver Jimmy, Alister and Colin McRae as well as the football player Robert Douglas and Stephen McManus were born in Lanark.

New Lanark, the former cotton manufacturing center and now a World Heritage Site, located on the southern city limits, near the river.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Robert Douglas
  • William Lithgow (1582-1645), travel writer
  • Stephen McManus ( b. 1982 ), football player
  • Jimmy McRae ( born 1943 ), rally driver
  • Alister McRae ( b. 1970 ), rally driver
  • Colin McRae (1968-2007), rally driver
  • Alexander Muir (1830-1906), composer of The Maple Leaf Forever
  • Stephen Pearson ( b. 1982 ), football player
  • William Smellie (1697-1763), physician and obstetrician
  • Walter Smith ( b. 1948 ), football player and coach
Post town Clydesdale (Scottish Parliament constituency) River Clyde David I of Scotland William Lithgow (traveller and author)
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