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52-397: Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a köping , or market town , and did not become a municipality of its own when the first local government acts took effect in 1863, but retained part of the surrounding rural municipality of the same name. In 1936 Ljungby got the title stad , Swedish for Town or City . Since 1971 Ljungby is the seat of Ljungby Municipality. Much of the town center

104-521: A locality with more than 10,000 inhabitants of which there are currently 127. Largest urban areas in 1850: Largest urban areas in 1900: Firebreak A firebreak or double track (also called a fire line , fuel break , fireroad and firetrail in Australia) is a gap in vegetation or other combustible material that acts as a barrier to slow or stop the progress of a bushfire or wildfire . A firebreak may occur naturally where there

156-619: A lack of a standardized firefighting force at the time, the Great Fire of London in 1666 instead saw the Tower of London garrison using gunpowder and fire hooks in a widespread, ad-hoc firebreaking campaign across Central London. Historians believe this to have been one of the major contributing factors to the eventual defeat of the inferno. The world's most expensive firebreak was created when part of Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco

208-517: A rich mural by Sven Ljungberg . Churches and communities that belongs to other religious communities: The most well-known sports clubs of Ljungby are the ice hockey club IF Troja/Ljungby , the soccer club Ljungby IF , and the volleyball club Ljungby VBK Source: 1920 1940 SCB Tätorter 1960-2005 Ljungby has a transitional maritime ( Cfb ) and humid continental climate ( Dfb ) influenced by its inland position, with large temperature differences between seasons. Most winter precipitation

260-423: A special arrangement Charter was issued for Ljungby köping municipalsamhälle . On 7 October 1921 the area of Ljungby municipalsamhälle was increased from 0.98 km (0.37 mi) to 3.50 km (1.35 mi). Ljungby was, and is, the "church village" of Ljungby parish and belonged to Ljungby rural municipality after 1862 Swedish municipal reform . On 1 January 1936 Ljungby parish and rural municipality

312-416: A total capacity of 10,900 litres (2,900 US gal) per minute and 3,225 metres (3,527 yd) fire hoses were pulled out and used. During the days after the fire it was concluded that 7,200 square metres (78,000 sq ft) floor space had been destroyed and that twenty buildings had been affected by the fire; whereof 28 residential flats, 24 business flats, 12 workshops, and 9 warehouses. Most of

364-698: Is also home to the daily regional newspaper Smålänningen . There are also several smaller and niche companies located in Ljungby. The Ljungby library was designed by Jan Wallinder and finished construction in 1982. There are two gymnasiums in Ljungby municipality; Sunnerbogymnasiet and Ryssbygymnasiet. Sunnerbogymnasiet is the largest with about 1'300 students and offers education in Social Science, Natural Science, Engineering, Construction, Aesthetics, Handicraft, and Business and Administration. Ryssbygymnasiet lies about 30 kilometers outside Ljungby in

416-566: Is also pierced by the scenic route Riksettan . Ljungby has a small airport, Ljungby-Feringe airport , without regular services about 13 kilometers to the northeast. The airport is owned by Feringe Flygklubb and is mostly used by sports planes, gliders , and parachutists . The closest airport with passenger traffic is Växjö Småland Airport . There were earlier railroad connections in four directions with narrow-gauge railways towards Halmstad and Vislanda , and standard gauge towards Värnamo and Markaryd . These lines are now defunct and

468-442: Is an absence of vegetation or " fuel ", such as a river, lake or canyon. Firebreaks may also be man-made, and many of these also serve as roads, such as logging roads, four-wheel drive trails, secondary roads, or highways . In the construction of a firebreak, the primary goal is to remove deadwood and undergrowth down to mineral soil. Various methods may be used to accomplish this initially and to maintain this condition. Ideally,

520-612: Is cold rain, an effect of mild weather being associated with low pressure systems arriving from the North Sea in a westerly direction. Summers have some of the strongest hypothetical heat potential in Sweden, being inland at a low latitude. However, the same type of westerlies often bring in moist and cool air instead leading to clouds , convection and heavy rainfall . Being at 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level also cools down afternoons year round. This renders seaside locations on

572-592: Is however Höga rör that lies some kilometers south of Ljungby on the slope of the Lagan river valley. In the 12th century the first stone church was built with the formation of the parish Ljungby socken . Ljungby had for a long time been the crossroad where the two important north–south and east–west trade routes met. Because of this a hostelry was built adjacent to the Laganstigen in the 14th century by royal decree. In 1828 Ljungby only consisted of five farms. It

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624-408: Is the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia , which includes firebreaks in their Community Wildfire Protection Plan. Depending on the environmental conditions, and the relative effectiveness of a given firebreak, firebreaks often have to be backed up with other firefighting efforts. Even then, it is still sometimes possible for fire to spread across a seemingly impenetrable divide. For example, during

676-717: The Cedar Fire of 2003, strong Santa Ana winds had blown enough burning embers across a 10-lane section of Interstate 15 to ignite the vegetation on the other side. During the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park , hot embers managed to cross the Lewis Canyon , a natural canyon up to a mile wide and 600 feet (180 m) deep. In Australia, firebreaks are less effective against eucalyptus forest fires, since intense fires in tinder-dry eucalyptus forest spread through flying embers, which can be carried by

728-678: The Lagan River the Health Department issued a request for everyone to boil their water before using it. This was particularly important as there was a high risk that sewage water had entered the water supply and as the deadly salmonella outbreak The Alvesta Epidemic had recently reached its peak. There were rumours that looting had occurred during the fire. However, no reports were received and according to police and firefighters on site all went well, apart for some drunk people who disturbed. There were plans to build huts on

780-471: The diocese of Växjö . The congregation was formed in the Middle Ages with their first stone church being built in the 12th century. Ljungby assembly's current church, Ljungby Church , was built between 1858–1859 and inaugurated on 8 September 1861 by Bishop Henrik Gustaf Hultman . The newly built church had a bit of an austere interior, with the only inventory from the old demolished stone church being

832-400: The ecology of the forest and to reduce the impact of wildfires on air pollution and the global climate , and to balance the costs and benefits of the various projects. These goals can be achieved through the use of appropriate operating practices, many of which can be potentially mutually beneficial to all. In many cases, it may be useful for firebreak upkeep to be maintained along with

884-587: The 18th century was Östersund (1786). In 1863 the first local government acts were implemented in Sweden. Of the around 2,500 municipalities that were created, 88 were chartered towns. The main difference between these and other municipalities was that a stad had its own jurisdiction , i.e. independent town courts. There were also laws on urban planning and building ( Byggnadstadgan 1874 ), fire prevention ( Brandstadgan 1874 ), public order ( Ordningsstadgan 1868 ) and public health ( Hälsovårdsstadgan 1874 ) which were compulsory applicable to towns. Prior to 1900,

936-419: The building. The Telegraph and Telephone Station survived the fire after the firefighters managed to extinguished it with foam . In an attempt to gain control over the fire Ljungby called on reinforcement from Hamneda , Angelstad , Ryssby , Växjö , Älmhult , and Strömsnäsbruk . Police from Växjö were also called in to support Ljungby's police force with directing traffic and to prevent people from entering

988-477: The buildings where from the days when Ljungby was just a market town , built before 1936. Thirty families became homeless and 96 people became unemployed. It was estimated that a value of three million kronor had been destroyed by the fire. No person was killed, but seven firefighters had to visit Ljungby hospital ; six of them could leave shortly thereafter and one had to stay. As untreated raw water had been pumped in into Ljungby's water supply network from

1040-422: The difference between rural and urban areas. Police forces and district courts , as well as taxation, were centralized under state agencies, making the administration uniform all over Sweden. The amalgamations of municipalities reduced the number of local government units from a maximum of 2,532 in 1930 to less than 300 today. Consequently, by 1970 most municipalities contained both rural and urban areas. Since

1092-426: The end of the 1940s and culminated in the 1960s. Luckily this coincided with the increased need of work by the growing industry in the urban area with the need of work decreasing in the rural areas. The growth was also supported by the labor immigration that began in the post-war period. During the night between 4 and 5 July 1953 a fire started at Gustaf Svenssons Bilverkstad ( English : Gustaf Svensson's Garage ) by

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1144-510: The fire charter was issued. On 10 February 1893 it was decided that the health care charter would also apply in the chipping. 1900 the concept municipalsamhälle was introduced into Sweden's legislation and Ljungby chipping was transformed into Ljungby köping municipalsamhälle . This was due to the fact that at least one of the town's charters was applied to the area and didn't belong to a stadskommun (approx. town municipality) or köpingskommun (approx. chipping municipality). On 3 July 1902

1196-431: The firebreak will be constructed and maintained according to the established practices of sustainable forestry and fire protection engineering , also known as best management practices (BMP). The general goals are to maximize the effectiveness of the firebreak at slowing the spread of wildfire, and, by using firebreaks of sufficient size and density, to reduce the ultimate size of wildfires. Additional goals are to maintain

1248-456: The fires. The fire departments had to activate the river pump by Lagan River and pump in untreated raw water into Ljungby's water supply . A wagon with water pipes from the civil defence were also requisitioned. The pipes were laid from the river all the way to the city centre and gave water to five fire hoses. It is said that the pipe ended at the square basin by the statue of Astrad and Götrad . At most; nine motor pumps were used with

1300-490: The foremost of kinsmen and yeomen ( Swedish :odalmän) who in Finnveden formerly lived ". In 1952 a statue by John Lundqvist was erected near the main plaza depicting Astrad and Götrad. But there were other people living around Ljungby long before Astrad and Götrad as evident by the numerous burial mounds in the area. One of the largest burial mounds lies close to the water tower and is named Kungshögen . The largest burial

1352-401: The harvesting of forestry products, such as lumber and biomass fuel, since the objectives are fundamentally related, in that the basic goals are to remove material from the forest. Furthermore, if done properly, the value of these products can significantly offset the cost of maintaining the firebreak. In addition, these commercial industries and small businesses are helped by a reduction in

1404-411: The middle aged baptismal font and the 18th century longcase clock . The church does however have a few recent artistic embellishments. One of the most eye-catching objects being the gilded altarpiece by Sven Ljungberg featuring Christ's way on via Dolorosa . Ljungby Maria assembly belongs to Ljungby parish . The assembly was created when Ljungby assembly was split in 2002. The church Mariakyrkan

1456-461: The privileges, there were several requirements a municipality needed to fulfill, like being of a certain size, and to have certain facilities. The criteria varied over time as they were at the discretion of the Riksdag or the monarch , but they could include a permanent town council hall and a prison. In the majority of cases, before a town received its charter, it would have previously been given

1508-607: The property damages caused by wildfires, and reduced risk of investment . The biomass material that is not suitable for dimensioned lumber is suitable to make woodchips for the paper industry and the energy industry. Larger trees are sometimes left in place within some types of firebreaks, to shade the forest floor and reduce the rate of fuel accumulation, and to enhance the landscaping in recreational and inhabited locations. Forested areas often contain vast networks of firebreaks. Some communities are also using firebreaks as part of their city planning strategy . An example

1560-403: The railroad between Vislanda and Bolmen , via Ljungby, was opened. The railroad would later be linked with Karlshamn–Vislanda–Bolmens railroad (KVBJ) and Halmstad–Bolmen Railroad (HBJ). In 1899 the north–south stretch Skåne – Smålands Railroad (SSJ) was opened. During the 20th century the town expanded with the help of the workshop and wood industry. The first population boom started at

1612-457: The scene of fire. Due to an error the fire department from Lagan were not summoned. The fire departments' efforts were weakened as only one of the pumps at Ljungby water plant was in operation. The activation of the second pump was delayed as the regular mechanic was on vacation and the subsitiunual mechanic had troubles getting the machinery started. Despite the activation of both pumps at the water plant there were still not enough water to put out

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1664-419: The seat of Gotland Municipality , but is no political entity of its own. Some former towns have also grown together, forming one urban area. A few municipalities which used to be towns still style themselves as stad , e.g. Stockholm , Gothenburg and Malmö . There are also municipalities with considerable rural areas that market themselves with the term. Statistics Sweden defines the term stad as

1716-545: The seat of their respective municipalities though the term is no longer an administrative term. In some municipalities there can be more than one former town, e.g. Eskilstuna and Torshälla in Eskilstuna Municipality , Kungälv and Marstrand in Kungälv Municipality , or Jönköping , Huskvarna and Gränna , which all three now are part of Jönköping Municipality . The town of Visby is

1768-594: The second half of his life in Kvänjarp just outside Ljungby. The painter and sculptor Albert von Stockenström lived and died in Ljungby. Current painter Kenneth Sjöö live in Ljungby. The Museum of Legends is a small museum dedicated to oral storytelling, fairy tales and folklore. The museum is run by the UNESCO accredited advisor Storytelling Network Kronoberg who also arrange the yearly Ljungby Storytelling Festival . Ljungby assembly belongs to Ljungby parish in

1820-462: The seven-storey hotel Terraza which replaced the four-story hotel Stadshotellet . The plan was to demolish Stadshotellet in the spring of 1961, but instead it burned down on 18 December 1960. Ljungby became a friköping (or chipping in English) on 15 October 1828, with the regulations decided on 28 March 1829. On 31 January 1879, Ljungby chipping's rules and regulations, building bylaws, and

1872-476: The small village Ryssby . It offers education in Hotel, restaurant and catering, Hunting and wildlife management, Nature and adventure tourism, and Forestry. Since 2002 there is a small college in Ljungby, Centre for Information Logistic and Högskolecentrum Ljungby , in cooperation with Linnaeus University , Jönköping University , and Halmstad University . The college offers a variety of programs and courses in

1924-491: The square so that the affected businesses could continue their trade while rebuilding. But many business continued their trade at other temporary premises, which was noticed as only 15 out of the 96 unemployed reported to the Employment Service the following days. The reconstruction of the city centre consisted of buildings and a piazza in a more modern international style . This style is particularly evident in

1976-526: The status of köping or "merchant town". Exceptions to this would be when a town was founded under Royal supervision, in which case it would often bear the name of the monarch, such as Kristianstad or Karlskrona (named after kings Christian IV of Denmark and Karl XI of Sweden ). In the Late Middle Ages , c.  1450 , Sweden (excluding Finland ) had 41 chartered towns. By 1680 there were 83. The only town founded and chartered during

2028-419: The street Eskilsgatan at block Stjärnan . The garage was a wooden building with cans of petrol and oil on the floor. First on site was Ljungby fire department, no more than five minutes after the alarm, and could confirm that the fire had started at the garage. Once the fire had taken hold it continued to spread eastward towards the other wooden buildings in block Stjärnan . The fire department had hoped that

2080-503: The street Föreningsgatan would work as a fire road , but the wind brought with it sparks and flames, and soon stood parts of block Kometen also ablaze. Next to block Kometen , by the street Kungsgatan , lied Ljungby's Telegraph and Telephone Station, who tried to protect themself behind suspended soaked cloths. The nightstaff could not handle the increased traffic pressure the fire had brought with it and had to call in additional staff, who also had to evacuate archives and machines from

2132-675: The three areas of information logistics , marketing and sales, and product development . Ljungby have been the home of several different cultural personalities. Among others, the cinematographer Gunnar Fischer and the writers Folke Fridell , Lennart Williams , and Sölve Rydell . The Ljungberg Museum is since 2012 Kronoberg County's official museum of visual art. The museum's permanent exhibition feature Sven Ljungberg and Ann Margret Dahlquist-Ljungberg's artistic achievements. They do also have continuously special exhibitions with other major Swedish and Nordic artists. The internationally renowned painter Erik Ortvad had his home during

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2184-520: The tracks have been removed. Most of the railway embankments have been converted into bicycle paths. The northerly embankment connects Ljungby and Lagan with a 10 kilometer asphalted bicycle path where it connects with the bicycle route Sverigeleden . The west-eastern embankment is part of the 250 kilometer long bike trail Banvallsleden . Among the industries in Ljungby there are Svetruck , Electrolux Laundry Systems, Strålfors , Ljungby Maskin , CTC Enertech , HP Tronic and LL-Skogsmaskiner. Ljungby

2236-428: The two minor towns of Borgholm and Haparanda lost their courts, but retained the title of stad . Of the new towns chartered between 1901 and 1951 (44, making the total number of towns 133), not a single one was given its own jurisdiction, but remained under what was called landsrätt ("rural jurisdiction"). In the middle of the 20th century many administrative reforms were carried out that continued to diminish

2288-454: The urban and rural municipalities also with time got the same duties towards citizens, it became unnecessary to differentiate between towns and other municipalities, as all had the same powers. Since 1 January 1971, all municipalities are designated as kommun , regardless of their former status. Most of the urban areas of Sweden which once were chartered towns are today still usually referred to as stad . The majority of them are also house

2340-477: The west coast having similar summer afternoon temperatures as Ljungby. The high variability is notable, with warm and cool July months differing about 8 °C (14 °F) for daytime temperatures. Winter means may differ more than 10 °C (18 °F) between different years. Cities in Sweden Stad (Swedish: ' town; city ' ; plural städer ) is a Swedish term that historically

2392-521: The winds to trigger new blazes several kilometres away. In 2019, goats deployed to graze the nearby flammable vegetation and create a firebreak helped save the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum and Getty Museum from California wildfires . Green firebreaks are lines of low flammability vegetation, planted to retard fire. Among their advantages are lower cost, biodiversity and reduced erosion. Due to

2444-502: Was designed by architect Agneta Holmqvist and opened in 2001 to be the new assembly's main church. Annelundkyrkan operates as the district church for Ljungby's Annelund district and as a funeral church as it is located at the Skogskyrkogården cemetery. The church was designed by county architect Hans Lindén and opened on 2 July 1972. The church is decorated by Åke Wremp and woodcarver Eva Spångberg . The church does also have

2496-437: Was destroyed in the city fire of 1953. At the time of the rebuilding, the modern style used, characterized by among other Hotel Terazza , still remains controversial locally. The first known inhabitant of the area that is today's Ljungby was Astrad, as can be read on the runestone Replösastenen from the 11th century located a couple of kilometers from the city center. The runestone says: " Götrad made this stone after Astrad,

2548-456: Was in the beginning of the 19th century the need for a city in Sunnerbo hundred was raised. Ljungby competed with the village Berga , where bishop Henrik had obtained permission to found a city. As Ljungby was considered to be located more central in the hundred and had better road connections, the choice fell on the latter option. According to a royal letter from 15 October 1828, Ljungby

2600-410: Was made a friköping with regulations on 28 March 1829, according to three sources, and on 1 January 1830, according to another. Ljungby was founded mostly on property that was donated by Märta Ljungberg , operator of Ljungby's hostelry. A town plan with perpendicular roads was used as base when the town's buildings was planned. The city plan would later be split with the arrival of the railroad. In 1878

2652-481: Was reformed into Ljungby stad . This was in accordance with a decision made on 20 September 1935 that gave Ljungby the title " stad " (English: town or city ). With 1971 Swedish municipal reforms Ljungby stad and the rural municipality was ascended into Ljungby municipality with Ljungby being the central locality . Ljungby has good road connections as it lies where the E4 and national road 25 intersects. The town

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2704-520: Was used for urban centers of various sizes. Since 1971, stad has no administrative or legal significance in Sweden. The status of towns in Sweden was formerly granted by a royal charter , comparable to the United Kingdom 's status of borough or burgh before the 1970s or city status today. Unless given such town privileges , a municipality could not call itself stad . To receive

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