Ljunghusen
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Ljunghusen is a town in Vellinge Municipality, Skåne, Sweden. It is placed west of Höllviken and east of Skanör-Falsterbo. The town is notable for its beaches and for its golf course, Ljunghusens GK, which at several occations has been ranked among Sweden's five best courses. The town has 2 440 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.
Ljunghusen had a train station between 1904 and 1971, and between 1905 and 1924 a horsetrack went from the train station in the north of the village to the beach in the south.
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[edit] Etymology
The town has been named after the buildings Norra Ljunghuset (Northern Calluna house) and Södra Ljunghuset (Southern Calluna house), in the northern and southern outskirts of the town. These, in turn, have been named after the big fields of Calluna growing there, and also due to its close proximity to the Nature reserve. The calluna was planted in the 19th century by count Corfitz Beck-Friis, who have been honored by having a road named after him.
[edit] The Norra and Södra Ljunghuset
The Norra Ljunghuset used to be the last building before the heath between the town and Skanör. Today, the town has expanded, but the house is still the last building along the main road to Skanör. At the turn of the century, a speakeasy was also housed and active in the building and many stories were told about the heath's own troll, the so called "Gya troll". Today, there is a road named Lönnkrogsvägen (Speakeasy road), and there is also a residential area in the neighbour town Höllviken named "Gya". The Norra Ljunghuset burned down in 1950 but was rebuilt and is today home for a family.
Södra Ljunghuset was also used as a club house for the local golf club Ljunghedens GK, from the founding of the club in 1932 until the new club house was ready in 1965. Today, the house is used as a workshop for the club's greenkeepers. It also houses an apartment, that usually is occupied by someone that is connected to the golf club.
[edit] The area
[edit] The Storvägen area
The part of Ljunghusen that can be reached through the Storvägen is called Storvägsområdet (the Big road area). This is the westernmost part of the town. It has some unique features since there are only unpaved roads without street lights, and all the houses have very big lots, and previously there were rules how near the road the buildings could be built, and there is a general prohibition of making hammer noises during all the summer. All this gives the area a forestry feling. Most of the unsettled lots in this area are being owned by persons who want to preserve the unique character of the area. However, in the latest years, a large number of these unsettled lots have been sold off. This has resulted in the increased new building of detached houses.
[edit] Thea area north of county road 100
North of the County road 100 lies a grocery shop, a former railway station and some apartments and terraced houses for the elderly and also a handful of detatched houses.
[edit] The area between the Storvägsområdet and the channel
This area has a more classic suburbian style, especially around the Elvabo road, where all the houses are identical and to road is relatively wide. The area is also illuminated by street lightning. Ljungsäter Hospital is found in this area, as well as the Hostel Lotsvillan.
[edit] The Ljungsäter Hospital
The County Council in Lund constructed a tuberculosis sanatorium in Ljunghusen in 1921. This sanatorium was called the Ljungsäter Hospital. The name is derived from the Ljungsäter farm, which also has given its name to the road where the house lies today, the Ljungsäter Road. The hospital could take 110 patients and emplyed 20 persons, of which the majority came from the University Hospital in Lund. Patients could be picked up by a trolley at the railway siding from the railroad to Falsterbo, and at the same time it also transported beach bathers down, towards the hospital, which was close by the beach. The transport was a horse-drawn trolley, the same kind as the one used on the tracks in the Storvägsområdet. The hospital closed down when the Falsterbo channel was built in 1940. The reason was that the channel needed to be built through the building itself. The only remaining building in the hospital area is the Doctor's house, which is still being used today, although being very decayed.
[edit] Communications
Today, the communications from Ljunghusen to Malmö are good. There are two bus stops in the area, and the buses comes every ten minutes during rush hours. At other times, the bus either stops at every 20th minute or every hour during slow hours. The stops are called Elvabovägen and Storvägen.
There was a railway station here between 1904 and 1971 and the station was part of the Hvellinge-Skanör-Falsterbo railroad. The railroad track was removed in 1971. There was also a horse-drawn tram going from the railrad station down to the beach. At Stjärnplan the tramline was divided into two lines, one going east, along the Storvägen, the other one going west, along the Fricks Road.
[edit] The water tower in Ljunghusen
The water tower in Ljunghusen is also the town's water reservoir. The cylindrical-shaped tower is painted in white and it is located in the western part of the town, close to Skanörs ljung. The tower is about 40 m high and is also used to create water pressure for Höllviken. Before the Falsterbo water tower was contructed, it also used to serve Skanör and Falsterbo.
[edit] External links and sources
- The cultural association Calluna, now and then in the Calluna
- PDF about the horse-drawn tram
- Lars Dufberg och Herbert Ekström - Från Skanör till Ljunghusen, en kavalkad i ord och bild, Falsterbo museum and Lions club Skanör-Falsterbo, 1977
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