Hästveda is a
locality situated in
Hässleholm Municipality,
Scania County,
Sweden
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with 1,623 inhabitants in 2010.
The
etymology
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of Hästveda indicates that the name originally signified a wood, or forest where horses were kept.
is a medieval church with well-preserved both
Romanesque and
Gothic frescos.
[
Hästveda railway station is situated on the Southern Main Line and is served by the ]Växjö
Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...
–Hässleholm
Hässleholm is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011.
Overview
Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the m ...
route of the regional rail network.
Society
In central Hästveda is the lake Lilla Sjö, which is part of a recreational area located next to the community park. A hostel is also run in the park during summer.
In Hästveda there is Hästveda church from the 12th century. The church has murals from the 12th and 15th centuries.
To the west of Hästveda is "Barnens by," which is a summer camp
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owned by Malmö Municipality
Malmö Municipality (), or City of Malmö (''Malmö stad''), is a Swedish municipality in Skåne County, the southernmost of the counties of Sweden (and conterminous with the historical province (''landskap'') of Scania). The central city is ...
. 5 km northwest of the town is Åbuamossen, where peat extraction has been conducted since 1905.
References
Populated places in Hässleholm Municipality
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