Torshälla

Torshälla [' tɔʂhɛla ], German outdated Torsil, is a village ( tätort ), titular town and since 1971 a district in the Swedish Eskilstuna Södermanland County Södermanland province and the historic province. It is located in the town of Eskilstuna, seven kilometers north of Eskilstuna. Torshälla is originally a pagan settlement, city status was awarded in 1317 and was up to the local government reform in 1971 an independent municipality. Nationwide Torshälla is mainly known for steel industry and the historical center.

History

The town originated as a pagan settlement before the 12th century, which is already recognized in that Torshälla means " place of sacrifice to the god Thor ." The oldest parts of today's local church date from the 12th century, the time of the Christianization of Sweden.

Torshälla is located on the first rapids upstream of the mouth of the river Eskilstunaån (referred to in Torshälla Torshällaån ) in the lake Mälaren and has long been a strategically important place for trade between the lakes Mälaren and Hjalmaren. There was a large merchant fleet, which was for the supply of the other cities in the valley of lake Mälaren important. Previously, the place of 1317 of King Birger I. the city rights, a significant than Eskilstuna. Only after a great fire in 1798 that destroyed the main part of the old city, and the construction of a canal that bypassed the old port, Torshälla was overtaken by Eskilstuna.

1829 Ferrous Nyby Bruk was founded on the site of the manor Nyby on the western outskirts Torshällas of the silversmith and industrialist Adolf Zethelius. The industrial estate Nyby Bruk was next to the ironworks. In 1895 the railway line was built by Norra Södermanland Järnväg Nyby Bruk.

Due to the local government reform in 1971 was Torshälla part ( kommundel ) the municipality Eskilstuna, with its own committee of the municipal council. In the 1970s and 1980s, the new situation meant that almost all trading companies established in Eskilstuna. The re- establishment of an independent municipality Torshälla was clearly rejected in a referendum in 2006.

Economy and infrastructure

The largest company and the largest employer in the city is Outokumpu, the cold-formed stainless steel products produced in Nyby Bruk. Many residents work in Eskilstuna and Stockholm, and the trend for decades goes in the direction that Torshälla increasingly a dormitory town is.

Traffic

The railway line to Eskilstuna, in the 1890s as part of the Norra Södermanland Järnväg ( Södertälje - Mälarbaden ) built, is used only for freight traffic for the Nyby Bruk steel mill since 1933. The route north of Torshälla after Mälarbaden is shut down and dismantled since then.

The city center is 4 km north of the highway E20.

Culture and sights

• Gården Bergströmska, ( Bergström'scher yard ), museum and Buergerhof from the 18th century.
• Ebelingmuseet, an art museum with a permanent collection of works of the Swedish- American artist and ceramist Allan Ebeling.
• Nyby Bruk, an early industrial industry settlement from the 19th century. At the settlement belongs to the estate Nyby with park.
• Torshälla church. The ceiling paintings were probably painted in the 15th century by the German - Swedish painter Albertus Pictor Church, and show the oldest medieval illustration of glasses of Sweden.
• Torshälla Town Hall, built in 1833. The clock tower of the Town Hall was removed in 1580 from the Cathedral Strängnäs and incorporated into Torshälla church.

Personalities

• Kjell Bergqvist, actor.
• Åsa Brandt, glass artist.
• Allan Ebeling (1897-1975), Swedish - American artist and ceramist.
• Anni-Frid Lyngstad Princess Reuss of Plauen, member of the Swedish pop group ABBA, grew up in Torshälla.
• Markus Mustonen, member of the rock band Kent.
• Anna Nordqvist, golfer for Torshälla GK.
• Yvonne Ryding, Miss Universe 1984.
• Sami Sirviö, member of the rock band Kent.
• Sulo Vaattovaara, football player and coach.