Tyringe

Tyringe is a locality [Only urban areas with a minimum population of 10,000 are referred to as "towns" for statistical purposes in Sweden. See: Statistics Sweden. [http://www.scb.se/statistik/MI/MI0810/2000I02/MI38SM9601.pdf Be 16 SM 9601] , "Localities 1995", p. 2: "Towns (localities with more than 10,000 inhabitants)".] in Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with a population of 4,573 (2005).

Administratively the place was made a municipal community ("municipalsamhälle") within the rural municipalities of Finja and Västra Torup in 1928. In Sweden, the term "municipalsamhälle" was previously used for certain localities, functioning as a "submunicipality" with certain regulations granted by the king and also in effect for towns. The local government reform of 1952 created "Tyringe Municipality" out of five former entities. The last four (among them Tyringe) of the once 240 "municipalsamhällen" were dissolved in 1971. The municipality was amalgamated with Hässleholm Municipality in 1974. [ [http://www.hassleholm.se/1297 Kommunarkivet] . Hässleholms kommun. 8 October 2007. In Swedish. Retrieved 4 December 2007.]

Tyringe was mentioned in writing (with exactly the same spelling as today) in 1530. The name has not been fully interpreted. [Svenskt ortnamnslexikon, 2003]

By the 17th century, a more organized village center emerged around the village inn. It grew to an urban area after the inception of the railway between Hässleholm and Helsingborg in 1875, and at the turn of the century, it became known as a popular vacation spa town for vacationers arriving to receive mineral cure treatments at the mineral spring. A sanatorium and several hotels and inns were built during this era, including the upscale Tyringe Kurhotell built in 1904. [ [http://www.tyringekurhotell.com/ Tyringe Kurhotell] . Official site. Retrieved 18 March 2007.]

In 1923, various metalworking industries were established in Tyringe, resulting in a population increase.

Tyringe Church was built in 1925. The architecture includes typical Scanian crow-step gables, and is modeled on Gumlösa Church, which was built in 1191. Since 2006, Tyringe church is no longer open to the public except for mass and various services; it is locked after having been burglarized in March 2006, at which time the church's silver chalice, paten and chandeliers, among other things, were stolen. [Nordstrom, Gunilla. [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/isidorpub/PrinterFriendlyArticle.asp?artikel=813854&ProgramID=101 Kyrksilver stulet från Tyringe] (Church silver stolen from Tyringe). "Swedish Radio", 11 March 2006. In Swedish. Retrieved 18 March 2007.] Since the 1990s, Scania has experienced a steady rise in crime. [Andersson, Frida and Caroline Mellgren (2006). [http://hdl.handle.net/2043/3842 "Brottsutvecklingen i Skåne, en introduktion"] . FoU-rapport 2006:1, Malmö University Electronic Publishing, Research Publications, Faculty of Health and Society Reports, 8 March 2007. In Swedish. Retrieved 18 March 2007.] This has affected even smaller urban areas like Tyringe. [ [http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/kristianstad/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=907292 Liga kan ligga bakom inbrott i Tyringe] (Organized crime may be behind burglaries in Tyringe). "Swedish Radio", 30 July 2006. In Swedish. Retrieved 18 March 2007.]

Tyringe has two schools, the Tyre School and the Vedhygge School. The Tyre School accommodates pupils from the surrounding villages, including Röke, Finja, Matteröd and other smaller villages.

References

External links

* [http://www.tsos.com/ Tyringe Hockey Team]
* [http://www.tyringe.nu/ Tyringe.nu]
* [http://www.tyringevykort.com/ Old postcards from Tyringe]