- Boxholm Municipality
Infobox_Kommun2
fullname=Boxholms kommun
county=Östergötland County
province=Östergötland
capital=Boxholm
arearank=169th
area=606.97
arealand=528.27
populationrank=276th
population=5,226
densityrank=235th
populationdensity=9.9
website=http://www.boxholm.se/
footnotes=Area and population as of December 31, 2006Boxholm Municipality ("Boxholms kommun") is a municipality in
Östergötland County in southeastSweden . Its seat is located in the industrial town ofBoxholm .The present municipality was formed in 1971, when the market town ("
köping ") Boxholm (itself instituted in 1947) was amalgamated with "Södra Göstring" and a parish ("Rinna") from the dissolved municipality of "Folkunga".Localities
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Boxholm (seat)
*Strålsnäs History
The earliest human traces are from the
Stone age , circa 8000 BC. From some later times, theNordic Bronze Age , are several remains such ascist s and gravefields. And from theViking Age , ca 800-1,000 AD, are seven keptrunestone s.After the
christianisation of Sweden, churches were built in the 12th and 13th century, and several churches have their foundation from that time.The name "Boxholm" is first to be found in the 16th century, as the name of a manor by
Arvid Stenbock . Boxholm thus comes from "Bock's holm" ("holm" amodern Swedish andOld Norse word forislet ).An iron works was constructed in 1754, and a community grew up around it. The major expansion were however made in the 1850-1900.
ee also
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Boxholm, Iowa External links
* [http://www.boxholm.se/ Boxholm Municipality] - Official site
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