Ristiina

Ristiina [ risti nɑ ː ] is a former municipality in the Finnish countryside Savo. Since 2013, it is a part of the city of Mikkeli.

Ristiina is south of the eastern Finnish countryside Savo 21 km south of the center of Mikkeli in eastern Finnish Lakeland. The former municipality of Ristiina is rural and has an area of ​​742.0 square kilometers (of which 175.9 square kilometers inland waters). The population of the municipality was last 4,796 (as at 31 December 2012). In Ristiina there are two population centers ( taajama ): The parish village situated at the end of Yövesi Lake Ristiina, where 2,297 people live, and the place Pellosniemi with 379 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2011).

The parish was founded in 1649 on the orders Ristiina by Per Brahe, the Swedish governor-general in Finland. Per Brahe founded the first church in the village and was built in Ristiina the Brahelinna castle. The name refers to Ristiina Brahe's wife, Countess Kristina Katarina Stenbock. By 1903 the town bore the Swedish name Kristina, after the name was fennisiert to Ristiina. At the beginning of 2013 Ristiina was incorporated along with Suomenniemi in the city of Mikkeli.

The Church of Ristiina is a wooden cruciform church with free-standing bell stack. It was built in 1770 according to plans by Eskel Collenius. Also to be found in Ristiina the petroglyphs of Astuvansalmi, an ensemble of prehistoric rock paintings, part of the Tentative List of UNESCO.

Of great economic importance in particular the wood processing industry; largest employer with around 730 employees, the plywood factory of the Group, UPM-Kymmene, which has both its own container port as well as via an operating rail line with connections to the railway line from Kouvula after Iisalmi.

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