![old falsterbo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Old_falsterbo.jpg)
Falsterbo (,
outdatedly ) is a town located at the south-western tip of
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
in
Vellinge Municipality
Vellinge Municipality (''Vellinge kommun'') is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in Vellinge.
The present municipality is a result of the latest local government reform in Sweden. In 1974 the municipalities o ...
in
Skåne
Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...
. Falsterbo is situated in the southern part of the Falsterbo peninsula. It is part of
Skanör med Falsterbo
Skanör med Falsterbo ( da, Skanør og Falsterbo) is a statistical locality (Swedish ''tätort'', locality code 3672), situated in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,937 inhabitants in 2010. It consists of the two old towns of ...
, one of Sweden's historical cities.
Climate
''See
Skanör med Falsterbo#Climate for more data.''
History
![Charlotte Wahlström-Sommarförmiddag Falsterbo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Charlotte_Wahlstr%C3%B6m-Sommarf%C3%B6rmiddag_Falsterbo.jpg)
Falsterbo historically enjoyed trading privileges with the
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German to ...
. During the Middle Ages, it was a rich and prestigious town owing to its location in a center of trade and herring fishery. On the beach between Falsterbo and neighboring town Skanör was the
Scania Market
Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...
where merchants from various parts of Europe had fixed market places.
Scania Market was a major fish market which took place annually starting about 1200. The market became an important trade center on the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
and remained so for 250 years; it was a major source of the Hanseatic League's wealth. The rich herring fishing around the Falsterbo Peninsula accounted for the market's popularity, but the market declined in importance during the 15th century when herring populations decreased. The cities were politically merged into a single city, Skanör med Falsterbo.
Local attractions
![Falsterbo kyrka baksida](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Falsterbo_kyrka_baksida.JPG)
Falsterbo is mostly known as a holiday destination where people go to spend their summer vacations. The beaches of Falsterbo are known for their white sand and family-friendly bathing opportunities. Falsterbo is also known for one of the better golf courses in Europe – Falsterbo Golf Club. Another attraction in Falsterbo is the annual International Horse Jumping Grand Prix (part of the
Falsterbo Horse Show) every July.
Local landmarks include
Falsterbo Lighthouse
Falsterbo Lighthouse ( sv, Falsterbo fyr) . To the north-east of the lighthouse is the city of Skanör-Falsterbo, to the south-east of the lighthouse are some of the finest sandy beaches in Sweden and surrounding the lighthouse is the golf cour ...
which lies on the site of the oldest known beacon in Scandinavia. Other sites of note include Falsterbo Bird Observatory, Falsterbo Museum and the historic
Falsterbo church.
Falsterbo is also known for its Bird Observatory, which regularly undertakes
bird ringing. The bird observatory has ringed over a million birds.
Sweden's oldest nature reserve,
Måkläppen, an important breeding area for shorebirds and seals, is nearby.
Falsterbohus
![Falsterbohus slott](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Falsterbohus_slott.JPG)
Falsterbohus was the name of a number of historic castles dating from the mid-13th century. The building now known as Falsterbohus was built in 1908. There have been a number of archaeological excavations where the original castles stood. The first was in the early 20th century by
Georg Fredrik Johansson Karlin (1859–1939), founder of
Kulturen, the Cultural Museum of Southern Sweden located in
Lund
Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...
.
A second and more extensive excavation was conducted between 1934–35 by Ragnar Blomqvist. Most of the artifacts from the earlier excavations are located in the Cultural Museum in Lund and Falsterbo Cultural Museum. Most of the archaeological finds from the second excavations are in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
See also
*
Falsterbo canal
References
Other sources
*Blomqvist, Ragnar ''Falsterbohus'' in (Lund, Sweden: Kulturen. 1950)
External links
Falsterbo Golf ClubFalsterbo Horse Show
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Populated places in Vellinge Municipality
Populated places in Skåne County
Trading posts of the Hanseatic League