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Kristianstadkrĭstyän'städ, city (1990 pop. 31,310), SE Sweden, on the Helge River. Its nearby seaport, Åhus, is on the Baltic Sea. Kristianstad is a commercial and industrial center, located in a fertile agricultural region. Manufactures include textiles, machinery, and processed food. Founded (1614) by Christian IV of Denmark, Kristianstad changed hands frequently, but passed definitively to Sweden in 1678. It is the earliest example of Renaissance town planning in N Europe. A church built (12th cent.) by Archbishop Absalon is nearby.
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Kristianstad is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 33,083 inhabitants in 2005.
The city was founded in 1614 by King Christian IV of Denmark, the city's name literally means 'Town of Christian', as a planned city after the burning of the town of Vä and moving the city rights of the neighbouring town of Sölvesborg to the new town. The purpose of the town was to guard the eastern half of the Danish province of Scania against any future raids from Sweden, but also as a symbol of the power of Christian himself. One of these raids had sacked the nearby town of Væ in 1612. Væ then lost its charter and the people were...more »
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Ängelholm, city (1990 est. pop. 19,190), Kristianstad co., SW Sweden, on Skälderviken Bay (an arm of the Kattegat); chartered 1516. It is a beach resort and has tanneries. The city is also kno...
