Trelleborg Municipality

Trelleborg Municipality is a municipality and city in Scania in southernmost Sweden. It has a total population of 38,429, of which many live in village on the countryside and about 24,000 live in the city proper.

Today

In the end of the 19th century, Trelleborg became an industrial city and the foundation of modern Trelleborg has in much been created by a few large companies; most notably Trelleborg Industries and the ferry company and business related to the seaport. Much of it has been the work of the influential businessman Johan Kock. Other important industries he established were Akzo Nobel Inks, manufacturing printing inks (established as Gleitzman Industries in the 1890's), and DUX, who make beds. Later in the 1950's, Perstorp (Flooring) Industries was established in Trelleborg and it manufactures a type of flooring boards and other plastic material. Trelleborg continues to be a working class city and is politically a traditional stronghold for the working class party the Socialdemocrats.

Related Topics:
Trelleborg Industries - Johan Kock - Socialdemocrats

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It is today often visited by people travelling from Sweden to Germany because of the ferries trafficking Rostock, Sassnitz and Lübeck - Travemünde in Germany. These ferries began touring on May 1, 1897 with the Sassnitz line; the route to Lübeck was established 1962, while the line to the former East German city Rostock was augurated after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The ferries carry both passengers on one day-journeys, cars with vacationing families, and heavy trucks on their way through Europe.

Related Topics:
Rostock - Sassnitz - Lübeck - Travemünde - May 1 - 1897 - 1962 - East German - Berlin Wall - 1989

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Today Trelleborg has the second largest seaport of Sweden, trailing Gothenburg. Every year it transports more than 10 million (European) tons (a ton = 1000 kilos).

Related Topics:
Seaport - Gothenburg

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