Where is trelleborg in sweden

Beijing 8, Kilometer. Karachi 5, Kilometer. Tianjin 8, Kilometer. Guangzhou 8, Kilometer. Delhi 5, Kilometer. Moscow 1, Kilometer. Shenzhen 8, Kilometer. Dhaka 7, Kilometer. Seoul 9, Kilometer. Wuhan 8, Kilometer. Lagos 5, Kilometer. Jakarta 10, Kilometer. Tokyo 10, Kilometer. New York City 7, Kilometer. Dongguan 8, Kilometer. Taipei 9, Kilometer. Kinshasa 6, Kilometer. Lima 10, Kilometer.

Cairo 3, Kilometer. London 1, Kilometer. Chongqing 7, Kilometer. Chengdu 7, Kilometer. Baghdad 3, Kilometer. Nanjing 8, Kilometer. Tehran 3, Kilometer. They were all built in strategically important coastal areas. Watch our short movie from Trelleborgen here. Archaeologists have confirmed that the fort in Trelleborg was approximately meters in diameter, in other words a ring fort.

In the Viking Age, it was connected to the sea via a navigable stream and intersected by four well-travelled roads. The name of the city Trelleborg was a mystery for many years. In , the reconstruction of Trelleborgen was inaugurated. The first documentary mention of the city dates back to Around the same time originates the oldest church in the city, the S:t Nicolai kyrka, built near the old Viking fortress. From the Franciscan monastery near the old market place Gamla torg, also founded in the midth century, are only some wall remains left.

At first herring fishing and trade was the main source of income of the city in the Middle Ages. After the decline of fish stocks Trelleborg developed to a successful craftsmen and trading town.

The King then eluded Trelleborg's city privileges in thus also the right to operate trade and craft. Trelleborg developed a resourceful solution to continue to stay in business. The icing on the cake was in this case, that Trelleborg took taxes from the merchants in the amount as if it still possessed municipal rights, but themselves led away to the King only taxes in accordance with its official status as a village. Since the beginning of the industrial age, Trelleborg has developed into today's industrial and port city.