Ă–sthammar is a
locality and the seat of
Ă–sthammar Municipality
Ă–sthammar Municipality (''Ă–sthammars kommun'') is a municipality in Uppsala County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Ă–sthammar.
The present municipality was created during the local government reform in the late sixti ...
,
Uppsala County,
Sweden
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with 4,534 inhabitants in 2010.
Today Ă–sthammar Municipality is a part of
Uppsala County, but the area has historically been a part of
Stockholm County
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.
History
Ă–sthammar's
city status was granted by king
Albert in 1368. During this period a castle called Ă–sthammarshus was built, but already in 1434 the castle was burnt down by its
Danish
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
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vogt, who fled to Denmark over the sea when faced with the
Engelbrekt rebellion. By the late 15th century the
post-glacial rebound had made it hard to reach Ă–sthammar by boat and its city status was transferred to
Ă–regrund. Ă–sthammar regained its city status in 1538, and moved closer to the sea.
In 1651 Ă–sthammar got a
town hall
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, and in 1795 Ă–sthammar was heavily damaged by fire. Between the early 17th century and the middle of the 19th century the fishing of
herring
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Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, i ...
played a very important role in Ă–sthammar's economy.
Sister cities
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Valka
Valka (; german: Walk) is a town and municipality in northern Latvia, on the border with Estonia along both banks of the river Pedele.
Valka and the Estonian town Valga are twins, separated by the Estonian/Latvian border but using the slogan "O ...
, Latvia
References
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Municipal seats of Uppsala County
Swedish municipal seats
Coastal cities and towns in Sweden
Populated places in Uppsala County
Populated places in Ă–sthammar Municipality
1368 establishments in Europe
14th-century establishments in Sweden