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Kristdala
Kristdala is a locality and a parish situated in Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 945 inhabitants in 2010. History Between 470 and 443 million years ago, a meteor from the Ordovician meteor event struck south-east of present-day Kristdala and created the Hummeln structure The Hummeln structure was confirmed, in 2015, as an impact crater in Småland province, Sweden. It is a wide depression within Lake Hummeln and is estimated to have formed between 470 and 443 Ma ago, during the Ordovician. Description The ... where Lake Hummeln is now located. The first evidence of human settlement dates is a cairn from the Bronze Age (1700 to 500 B.C.E.) now located in Krithems Park. In the park are also round stones typical of a type of tomb from the Iron Age. Place name researchers believe that the name "Kristdala" comes from ''Kristusdalen'' (Christ Valley) or ''Kristusdalarna'' (Christ Valleys) and is related to the introduction of Christianity in the 12th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskarshamn Municipality
Oskarshamn Municipality (''Oskarshamns kommun'') is a municipality in Kalmar County in south-eastern Sweden, where the city Oskarshamn is seat. The amalgamations in the present municipality took place in 1967 when three rural municipalities joined the ''City of Oskarshamn'', which was transformed into a municipality of unitary type in 1971. In 1966 construction started on the first nuclear power plant, OKG, within the present municipality. Since then two more reactors have been built and the plant today produces about 10% of Sweden's electricity. In October 2020 the municipal council voted in favour of the building of Forsmark nuclear waste repository, with the final decision needing to be made by the Swedish government. Coat of arms Oskarshamn was named after King Oscar I of Sweden. The top of the coat of arms show the insignia of the King. In the other fields there are symbols for shipping (the anchor), trade (the staff of Mercury) and wealth (the cornucopia). Its current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
