Trelleborg

Trelleborg is a town in Scania, Sweden, with 28,290 inhabitants in 2010. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some 10-15 km west from the southernmost peak of Sweden and the Scandinavian peninsula. It's one of the most important ferry towns in Scandinavia as well as around the Baltic Sea.HistoryThe earliest written record of Trelleborg is from 1257, when Trelleborg was presented as a wedding gift from the Danish royal family to the Swedish Prince Valdemar. It was soon reconquered by the Danes, and it belonged to Denmark until 1658, when Scania was lost to Sweden by the Treaty of Roskilde.In medieval times, Trelleborg had an important part in herring fishing. At that time, this was conducted along the entire coast line of what is now Sweden, as the herring shoals were of such great numbers that fishermen were said to have been able to stand on the shore and land fish with nets. Trelleborg became an important merchant city as merchants from Germany came to trade herring. In 1619 following a devastating fire, the Danish King decided that one merchant city on the coast was sufficient and revoked Trelleborg's status as a merchant city in favour of Malmö.