Vaxholm

Vaxholm
area urbana
Vaxholm – Veduta
Vaxholm – Veduta
Localizzazione
StatoSvezia (bandiera) Svezia
RegioneSvealand
Contea Stoccolma
ComuneVaxholm
Territorio
Coordinate59°24′15″N 18°19′53″E
Superficie1,60 km²
Abitanti5 135[1] (2020)
Densità3 209,38 ab./km²
Altre informazioni
Fuso orarioUTC+1
Nome abitantivaxholmare
Provincia storicaUppland
Cartografia
Mappa di localizzazione: Svezia
Vaxholm
Vaxholm
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Vaxholm è una cittadina (tätort) della Svezia centrale, situata nella contea di Stoccolma; è il capoluogo amministrativo della municipalità omonima.

Etimologia

Il nome è probabilmente preso dal nome dell'isola, Vaxön che veniva scritto Vaxö nel 1335. Il prefisso ha una interpretazione poco chiara e può essere vax, '(buona) vegetazione' o '(prosperosamente) crescente'.[2]

Storia

Già all'età dei vichinghi vivevano delle persone sulle isole intorno a Vaxholm, ma durava fino al tardo Duecento prima che appaiano le prime abitazioni sull'isola Vaxön[3].

All'inizio del Cinquecento il reggente Svante Nilsson Sture ordinò la costruzione di una fortezza sull'isola Vaxholmen, in seguito ad un ordine dal re Gustavo I per la maggiore fortificazione dell'archipelago di Stoccolma. La fortezza protesse Stoccolma due volte: nel 1612 contro i danesi e nel 1719 contro i russi. La costruzione originaria era un torre di legno, poi sostituito da un torre di mattoni. La fortezza visibile oggi veniva costruito tra il 1833-1863 ma alla fine della costruzione le armi erano migliorati a tal punto che la costruzione non era più capace di resisterle.[4]

Nell'Ottocento la maggior parte degli abitanti di Vaxholm era costituita da pescatori; l'aringa di Vaxholm era molto richiesta a Stoccolma perché, venendo trasportata alla capitale ogni mattina, era fresca e non salata come gli altri pesci del tempo[3]. Negli anni 1860 Vaxholm diventò una città molto popolare per le vacanze estive, soprattutto per le persone dalla piccola borghesia di Stoccolma che la consideravano più salubre della capitale inquinata[3].

Monumenti e luoghi d'interesse

Edifici civili

  • Rådhuset, il Municipio, costruito nel 1885 e rimodellato nel 1925. Oggi sede dell'ufficio turistico e alcune imprese.
  • Vattentornet, il serbatoio idrico a torre
  • Hembygdsgården, museo all'aperto
  • Vaxholms Hotell, l'Albergo di Vaxholm
  • Villa Akleja, la vecchia casa degli pittori Johan Axel Gustaf e Eva Acke.

Edifici militari

Edifici religiosi

  • Gustav Adolfs kyrka, la Chiesa di Gustav Adolf

Note

  1. ^ https://www.scb.se/MI0810
  2. ^ Wahlberg, Mats., Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet. e Uppsala universitet. Institutionen för nordiska språk., Svenskt ortnamnslexikon : utarbetat inom Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet och Institutionen för nordiska språk vid Uppsala universitet, Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet, 2003, ISBN 917229020X, OCLC 56599861.
  3. ^ a b c (SV) Vaxholms historia, su Vaxholm – den officiella guiden till skärgårdens huvudstad. URL consultato il 7 giugno 2021.
  4. ^ (SV) Vaxholms Kastell och Badholmen – möten i skärgården, su Kastellet Vaxholm. URL consultato il 19 maggio 2021.

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