Ronneby

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**Ronneby**
Municipality and seat in Blekinge	City arms
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	Charter	City (1882)
	Municipality	Ronneby Municipality
	County	Blekinge County
	Province	Blekinge
	Population	11,857 (2000)

Ronneby is a city in Blekinge, and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Sweden. The city was first granted city privileges in 1387 and then reissued in 1882. Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted as Sweden's most beautiful park. It also has a church which was first founded in the 12th century.

1 History
2 Politics
3 Education
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1564, Ronneby was the location of a bloody battle between the Swedish and the Danish armies, whereby the Swedes under King Erik XIV besieged the city, killed many inhabitants and burnt it to the ground. It would result in the Northern Seven Years' War.

Following the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, whereby terra Scania became Swedish land, the Swedes built a navy in Karlskrona – east of Ronneby – and accordingly granted it city rights, while revoking the city rights of Ronneby.

Old postcard with Ronneby and Ronnebyån

But Ronneby did attract some industries in the 18th century. Besides the industry, it also hosted Ronneby spa, believed to have healing qualities. The park around the spa can still be visited.

After a fire in 1864, Ronneby was rebuilt according to a check pattern, which is still the model of today. Ronneby finally were regranted their city rights in 1882.

The city had used a coat of arms with the letter R, between a star and a crescent, at least since 1542. In 1882, the arms were redesigned, with the R substituted with the Ronnebyå River.

Its sister city is Johnson City, Tennessee in the United States of America.

[edit] Politics

The Ronneby Party is a party with local interests formed to the event of the nation election of 1994. In 1998 the part had got 6.3% of the votes and three seats in the municipal council. In 2002 the voteshare was reduced to 3.0%.