Place:Lindesberg, Örebro, Sweden

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Name
Lindesberg
Alternate names
Lindesbergs kommun
Linde     (Family History Library Catalog)
Lindesberg     (Wikipedia)
Type
Municipality
Coordinates
59.6°N 15.25°E
Located in
Örebro, Sweden

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Lindesberg Municipality is a Municipality, in Örebro County, in central Sweden. Its seat is located in Lindesberg (pop. 8,600).

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History

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Lindesberg has centuries old history, being the center of an old mining district. The earliest known traces of a town are in the foundations of the 14th century stone church. That town was however known as Lindesås.

The mining district Lindesberg was mentioned on the 16th century grand map Carta Marina.

Lindesberg got its charter and current name in 1643, granted by Queen Christina, making it one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden. The name lind means the linden tree (Br. Eng. lime tree), which is why the coat of arms depicts a tree.



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