Littoinen

Littoinen [lit ː ɔi̯nɛn ] ( swedish Littois ) is a town in the southwestern Finnish landscape Varsinais- Suomi. It is roughly equal to the municipalities of Kaarina and Lieto.

History

The town was once the merchants Henrik Rungeen and Esaias Wechter had received permission in 1739 to build a textile mill on the banks of the lake Littoistenjärvi. The textile industry remained in Littoinen until 1969, when the factory was moved to the Turku district Raunistula. The factory site with industrial buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries is a listed building today.

1899 received Littoinen its own railway station on the railway from Helsinki to Turku. 1907 there was a memorable event: Lenin, who had fled from his hideout in Veräjämäki near Helsinki before the Russian secret police, and had made ​​their way to Sweden, imagined in his train at the level of Littoinen Russian agents present and jumped unceremoniously from the moving train to escape arrest. Easily hurt he reached on foot Turku, where he could submerge again. Today reminds him a plaque at the now disused station building.

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• Location in Finland
• Kaarina