alingsås c. 1700 in suecia antiqua et hodierna.
in different locations in alingsås can find several round craters carved in rock. these called giant s kettles, , can vary lot in size , depth. biggest ones can find in brobacka, located on way gräfsnäs. giant s kettles common visiting sites schoolclasses in secondary school.
gräfsnäs slottsruin castle ruin located lake anten, outside alingsås. built 1550 count sten eriksson leijonhufvud, whom owned castle on other side of lake, in loholmen. after erikssons death, 1568, wife ebba månsson leijonhufvud took care of castle, , stayed in care of family until 1724. 1634 castle burnt ground, rebuilt magnificent castle late renaissance style. 1734 burned down again, current owner rebuilt way was. 1834, 2 hundred years later had burnt first time, castle sold otto ulfsparre 110 000 barrels of schnapps. day papers on purchase signed, castle burnt - third time, 100 years between each of 3 occasions. last person living permanently in castle fisherman nils andersson, paid rent in fish. when died, roof removed due partying youths in village doing in old castle. 1911 restored västergötland-göteborgs järnvägs ab, , since 1930 cared alingsås municipality. alingsås museum founded in 1928, , contains memorial collections of photographs, archive of municipality , host several exhibitions. since spring 2010 closed public, due rearrangement premises.
karin boye, swedish writer, committed suicide in forest in alingsås city district nolby in 1941. place memorial site, , popular visiting site schoolclasses, taking karin boye tour .
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