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Coordinates : 55°25′N 13°50′E / 55.417°N 13.833°E / 55.417; 13.833 The marina in the summer of 2015 Ystad ( Swedish pronunciation: [ ˈy̌ːsta(d) ] [ 2 ] ) is a town and the seat ...

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Coordinates: 55°25′N13°50′E / 55.417°N 13.833°E / 55.417; 13.833
The marina in the summer of 2015

Ystad (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈy̌ːsta(d)][2]) is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010.[1] The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, and tourist attraction.

Etymology

In 1285, the town's name was written Ystath. Its original meaning is not fully understood, but the y probably is related to an old word for the yew tree,[3] while stad means town or stead (with which it is cognate), thus possibly meaning "Yewstead": the place where yews grow.

History

Street plan of Ystad in c.1850

After the time of Absalon, Bishop of Roskilde and Archbishop of Lund, peace was brought to the area in the 11th century, fishing families settled at the mouth of the river Vassa as herring fishing became the main source of trade. Ystad was not mentioned in documents until 1244, in a record of King Eric's visit to the town with his brother, Abel. A Franciscan monastery, Gråbrödraklostret, was founded in 1267, and Ystad joined the Hanseatic League in the 14th century.

The charter of 1599 gave the town the right to export oxen. In 1644, a Danish fleet was defeated in Ystad's harbor.[4] Ystad, together with all of Scania, was transferred from Denmark to Sweden following the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658.[5][6]

By 1866 Ystad had a railway connection and it was established as a garrison town in the 1890s. After World War II, ferry services to Świnoujście in Poland and to the Danish island of Bornholm were opened.

Demographics

In 1658, Ystad's population was about 1,600 and, by 1850 it had reached 5,000. The increased importance brought by the railway and the garrison in the 1890s drove the population above 10,000.[6]

Infrastructure

Economy

Some of the main industries of the town are trade, handicraft and tourism, derived from being one of the best-preserved medieval towns in the Scania province and its association with the Wallander detective novels.

Transport

The ferry terminal, and behind it, Ystad railway station

The ferry port has services to the Danish island of Bornholm, to Sassnitz in Germany,[7] and to Świnoujście in Poland, the latter forming part of the E65 road route south from Malmö.

Ystad connects the Ystad Line and Österlen Line railways. Passenger traffic runs between Malmö and Simrishamn (operated by Skåne Commuter Rail). Until December 2017, a direct train service linked Ystad to Copenhagen via the Øresund Bridge (operated by Danish State Railways[8]).

Sports

The most popular sport in Ystad is handball, with two big clubs. Ystads IF is in Elitserien (the highest Swedish men's national league, as of 2025) whilst IFK Ystad HK is situated in Allsvenskan (the second highest league, as of 2022). Several famous handball players have played for these clubs, including Per Carlén.

Media

El único periódico que se publica actualmente en Ystad es el Ystads Allehanda , que también cubre los municipios vecinos de Skurup , Tomelilla , Simrishamn y Sjöbo . El periódico fue fundado en 1873. [ 9 ]

Lugares de interés

La Abadía de los Greyfriars
La casa donde nació la actriz sueco-estadounidense Anna Q. Nilsson , en Trädgårdsgatan (Calle del Jardín), en el centro de Ystad.
Modelo de carro de culto de la Edad de Bronce procedente de Ystad.

En Ystad se encuentra uno de los monasterios medievales mejor conservados de Suecia, la Abadía de los Greyfriars . La ciudad también cuenta con otra gran iglesia medieval, la Iglesia de la Virgen María ( Mariakyrkan ). Ambas están fuertemente influenciadas por la arquitectura gótica hansa (que también se puede apreciar en iglesias alrededor del Mar Báltico , por ejemplo, en Helsingborg , Malmö y Rostock ) y se encuentran entre los mejores ejemplos de gótico de ladrillo en Suecia . Además, existen zonas con arquitectura urbana medieval que se conservan, como la escuela latina (construida hacia 1500 ) y varias casas señoriales. La ciudad también forma parte de la Ruta Europea del Gótico de Ladrillo .

En la cultura

En su novela Inferno (1897), August Strindberg describe Ystad de la siguiente manera:

El pequeño pueblo al que me dirigí se encuentra en el extremo sur de Suecia, en la costa. Es un antiguo refugio de piratas y contrabandistas, donde diversos viajeros han dejado huellas exóticas de todas partes del mundo. [ 10 ]

Ystad es el escenario del drama criminal sueco Wallander . [ 11 ] [ 12 ]

Personas notables

References

  1. 123"Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ↑Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 28.
  3. ↑Svenskt ortnamnslexikon, 2003
  4. ↑Munthe 1908, pp. 64–65.
  5. ↑"Ystad's history in a nutshell". Ystads kommun. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. 12"Ystads befolkningsutveckling 1570-1995 (Swedish)". cybercity. 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  7. ↑"Ferry Germany – Sweden". FRS Baltic. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ↑"Last direct train to Copenhagen (Swedish)". DSB. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ↑"Ystads Allehanda site". Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  10. ↑Strindberg, August (1913). "The Inferno". Translated by Claud Field. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. Retrieved 2021-01-09– via Project Gutenberg.
  11. ↑"Wallander's Ystad". Visit Sweden. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  12. ↑"Wallander - Ystads kommun". ystad.se. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-12.

Works cited

  • Munthe, Arnold (1908). Klas Fleming, Karl Gustaf Wrangel, Martin Thijsen Anckarhielm, danska kriget 1643–1645: Omfattande tiden juli–december 1644[Klas Fleming, Karl Gustaf Wrangel, Martin Thijsen Anckarhielm, Danish War 1643—1645: Covering the period July—December 1644](PDF). Svenska sjöhjältar (in Swedish). Vol. 5:2. Illustrated by J. Hägg. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag.
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