Painting
by Reinhold Weckström emanating from the land surveyor Johan Bergentin's
detailed map of Kristinestad in 1751 |
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The
wooden town
350 years Photos
© Olle Haavisto |
1.Sight from the "North town" by the windmill |
2. "Norrfjärden" Photo: C-A Lundberg |
3."Tegelbruksbacken" |
Aerial view Zoom |
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4. The City Hall neighbourhood and the old church "Ulrika Eleonora" |
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Click at the map Klicka på kartan Klikkaa kartta Kristinestad
was founded in 1649 on the island Koppö by the Swedish Count Per
Brahe . The city got its name from Queen Christina. The "East side" is connected to the downtown by the 150 years old stone bridge. The bridge divides the sea bay into the north "Norrfjärden", the mouth of the Tjöck River - which since 1998 is a nature reserve - and the south "Stadsfjärden". |
5. The Market Square "Salutorget" and the street Östra Långgatan (Photo below) Summer Market 1985 |
One of the best preserved wooden towns in Fenno - Scandinavia |
The old Ulrika Eleonora Church |
Market |
Map Karta Kartta City |
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The City Hall square |
The Market square in 1894 |
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7.
The Merchant
House Lebell - a merchant house from the early 1700's
which is a museum |
6. "Kattpiskargränden" one of Finland's narrowest lanes |
8. "Stadsfjärden" autumn 1895 Photo: Ina Roos ALMA model of a wooden barque |
9. The Steamer's pier circa 1895 Steamships Norden and Hebe |
More old photos and maps on the pages:
Kristinestadsminnen
(Memories from Kristinestad) | Staden
på Koppön (The Town on the Koppö Island)
Sydbottniska
fönster - Suupohjalaisia ikkunoita - Windows of Southern Ostrobothnia
Satellite Map of the Kristinestad
area and Western Finland
Virtual tour across the region of Kristinestad in Southern Ostrobothnia on the west coast of Finland. Among the contents: history of shipbuilding and seafaring, local museums, the old wooden town of Kristinestad, the Susiluola (Wolf Cave) on the Bötombergen hills inhabited by Neandertal people more than 100 000 years ago
Links (in Finnish and Swedish):