Tyringe is a
locality
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situated in
Hässleholm Municipality
Hässleholm Municipality (''Hässleholms kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.
The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former ''City of Hässleholm,'' itself i ...
,
Scania County
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 ...
,
Sweden
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with 4,658 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Administratively the place was made a
municipal community (''municipalsamhälle'') within the rural municipalities of Finja and Västra Torup in 1928. In Sweden, the term ''municipalsamhälle'' was previously used for certain localities, functioning as a "submunicipality" with certain regulations granted by the king and also in effect for towns. The local government reform of 1952 created ''Tyringe Municipality'' out of five former entities. The last four (among them Tyringe) of the once 240 ''municipalsamhällen'' were dissolved in 1971. The municipality was
amalgamated
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with
Hässleholm Municipality
Hässleholm Municipality (''Hässleholms kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.
The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former ''City of Hässleholm,'' itself i ...
in 1974.
Tyringe was mentioned in writing (with exactly the same spelling as today) in 1530. The name has not been fully interpreted.
By the 17th century, a more organized village center emerged around the village inn. It grew to an urban area after the inception of the
railway
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between
Hässleholm
Hässleholm (older da, Hasselholm) is a locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the m ...
and
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , , ) is a city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and ninth-largest in Sweden, with a population of 113,816 (2020). Helsingborg is the cent ...
in 1875, and at the turn of the 20th century, it became known as a popular vacation
spa town
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for vacationers arriving to receive
mineral cure treatments at the
mineral spring
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. A
sanatorium
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and several hotels and inns were built during this era, including the upscale Tyringe Kurhotell built in 1904.
In 1923, various
metalworking
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industries were established in Tyringe, resulting in a population increase.
Tyringe Church was built in 1925. The architecture includes typical
Scania
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n
crow-step gable
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s, and is modeled on
Gumlösa Church, which was built in 1191. Since 2006, Tyringe church is no longer open to the public except for mass and various services; it is locked after having been burgled in March 2006, at which time the church's silver
chalice
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,
paten
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and chandeliers, among other things, were stolen. Since the 1990s, Scania has experienced a steady rise in crime. This has affected even smaller urban areas like Tyringe.
Liga kan ligga bakom inbrott i Tyringe
(Organized crime may be behind burglaries in Tyringe). ''Swedish Radio'', 30 July 2006. In Swedish. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
Tyringe has two schools, the Tyre School and the Vedhygge School. The Tyre School accommodates pupils from the surrounding villages, including Finja
Finja is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden. Finja is located north of Lake Finjasjön, between Hässleholm and Tyringe. The village had a population of 535 inhabitants in 2010.
Finja Church
Finja Church is ...
, Hörja, Matteröd, Röke
Röke is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality
Hässleholm Municipality (''Hässleholms kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm.
The present municipality was create ...
, Västra Torup
Västra Torup is a minor locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 198 inhabitants in 2010 down from 210 in 2005, Västra Torup is no longer classified as an urban area by Statistics Sweden
Statistics Sweden ( sv ...
and other smaller villages.
Sport and leisure
Tyr Hov sports centre is known throughout the country for the various training camps that are conducted there. It has the following amenities:
* Ice rink
* 25m swimming pool including water flume, child's play pool and outside play pool for summer use
* Bowling hall
* Sports hall
* Outdoor sports ground – grass and gravel football pitches, and athletics track
* Jogging track – 1800m illuminated, 5K, 7K and 10K woodland routes; also used for skiing in the winter
References
External links
Tyringe Hockey Team
Tyringe.nu
Old postcards from Tyringe
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Populated places in Hässleholm Municipality
Populated places in Skåne County