Germania, Djursholm

Coordinates: 59°23′57″N 18°5′46″E / 59.39917°N 18.09611°E / 59.39917; 18.09611

Germaniaparken.

Germaniaviken.

Tekniska högskolan 1973-

Germania is the name of a part of Djursholm in Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm. There is a small bay of Stora Värtan called Germaniaviken, a street called Germaniavägen and the park Germaniaparken.

Until 1976 there was a railway stop called Germania at a part of Roslagsbanan (Djursholmsbanan) which was closed that year. This railway stop was originally called Germaniavägen. Station code: Gem.^[4]

Djursholm was created as a garden town in the late 19th Century and streets and blocks were given names from ancient Norse mythology. The name Germania, referring to a people in northern Europe, was established in 1889 in the first zoning plan for the new garden town. Many buildings in the oldest parts of Djursholm also refers to a norse inspired romantic nationalism. One house in this particular area was also called Germania, situated at Germaniavägen 7.^[5] The poet Alice Tegnér lived in Villa Tegnabo between 1890 and 1912, a building which used to be at Germaniavägen 5 but now is replaced.^[6]

Older names for Germaniaviken were Österviken and before that Sielviken.^[7]

Referenser

1. ↑ BANVAKT.se Bandel nr 323
2. ↑ BANVAKT.se Bandel nr 325
3. ↑ Historiskt om Svenska Järnvägar Järnvägar i historien
4. ↑ Banvakt.se on Germania
5. ↑ Djursholms fornnordiska namn, vägar, villor och kvarter. Djursholms forntid och framtid, 2003, ISBN 91-974122-2-8
6. ↑ Danderyds kommuns webbplats
7. ↑ Djursholm, vår hembygd, K.E. Renqvist, 1961