Ohs is a small village that is part of the

Värnamo Municipality Värnamo Municipality () is a municipality in Jönköping County in southern Sweden, where the town Värnamo is seat. The municipality was created in 1971, when the ''City of Värnamo'' (itself instituted in 1920) was amalgamated with the surro ...

, in the

Småland Småland () is a historical Provinces of Sweden, province () in southern Sweden. Småland borders Blekinge, Scania, Halland, Västergötland, Östergötland and the island Öland in the Baltic Sea. The name ''Småland'' literally means "small la ...

province of southern

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Location and history

Ohs is situated by the south tip of the lake Rusken, where the historical

Nydala Abbey Nydala Abbey () was a Cistercian monastery in the province of Småland, Sweden, near the lake Rusken. Although the abbey ceased to operate in the 16th century, its church was renovated and converted into a Protestant church during the 17th century ...

is also situated at the lake-shore. The community is founded around a mill that produced energy for the iron production from 1600. In 1893, it was converted to a paper pulp factory, which operated until 1978. At the old factory site there is now a museum. Since the paper mill closed, the population has shrunk to around 100 people. Many foreigners own former small residential houses in the area for vacation needs.

Narrow gauge railway

Ohs is the starting point of a

narrow gauge A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...

Ohsabanan, a

museum railway A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) ...

Bor Bor may refer to: Places Populated places * Bor (Tachov District), a town in Plzeň Region, Czech Republic * Bor, Petnjica, Montenegro * Bor, Russia, the name of many inhabited localities in Russia * Bor District, a district in Serbia ** Bor, Se ...

, away. The railway was constructed in the summer of 1910 and runs steam trains.

External links

Ohsabanen
* http://www.ohsbruk.se/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohs, Varnamo Populated places in Värnamo Municipality