Ydrefors is a village in
Sweden on the border between
Småland and
Östergötland located at the southern tip of the lake
Brosjön. There, in
Stångån, meet even municipalities
Kinda,
Vimmerby
Vimmerby () is a city and the seat of Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 10,934 inhabitants in 2010.
Overview
Stångån is a small river running through the city.
Vimmerby had its charter as early as the fourteenth century. The ...
and
Ydre
Ydre Municipality (''Ydre kommun'') is a municipality in Östergötland County, southeast Sweden. The municipal seat is located in the town of Österbymo.
The municipality was created through the local government reform of 1952, when six former ...
and the
Rural Municipalities of
Tidersrum,
Södra Vi
Södra Vi is a locality situated in Vimmerby Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 1,182 inhabitants in 2010. According to Svenskt ortnamnslexikon the name of the locality loosely mean "southern place of worship". Tens of kilometers to the nort ...
and
Svinhult.
History
Between 1924 and 1940 Ydrefors and Vimmerby were connected by the
narrow gauge
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than standard . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and .
Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
''Vimmerby Ydre'' rail. Ydrefors is home to Ydrefors Camping, from 1938–69 to a
:sv:Folkskolan and since the 1970s to educational facilities of
Ananda Marga Gurukula
Ānanda Mārga ("The Path of Bliss", also spelled Anand Marg and Ananda Marg) or officially Ānanda Mārga Pracāraka Saṃgha (organization for the propagation of the path of bliss), is a world-wide socio-spiritual organisation founded in J ...
.
References
Villages in Sweden
Populated places in Ydre Municipality
Populated places in Kinda Municipality
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