Tyringe is a

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situated in

Hässleholm Municipality Hässleholm Municipality () is a Municipalities of Sweden, municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm. The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former ''City of Hässleholm,'' itsel ...

Scania County Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne County, cr ...

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with 4,658 inhabitants in 2010.

History

Administratively the place was made a municipal community (''municipalsamhälle'') within the rural municipalities of Finja and Västra Torup in 1928. In Sweden, the term ''municipalsamhälle'' was previously used for certain localities, functioning as a "submunicipality" with certain regulations granted by the king and also in effect for towns. The local government reform of 1952 created ''Tyringe Municipality'' out of five former entities. The last four (among them Tyringe) of the once 240 ''municipalsamhällen'' were dissolved in 1971. The municipality was

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with

in 1974. Tyringe was mentioned in writing (with exactly the same spelling as today) in 1530. The name has not been fully interpreted. By the 17th century, a more organized village center emerged around the village inn. It grew to an urban area after the inception of the

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between

Hässleholm Hässleholm is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2011. Overview Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the m ...

and

Helsingborg Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...

in 1875, and at the turn of the 20th century, it became known as a popular vacation

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for vacationers arriving to receive mineral cure treatments at the

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. A

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and several hotels and inns were built during this era, including the upscale Tyringe Kurhotell built in 1904. In 1923, various

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industries were established in Tyringe, resulting in a population increase. Tyringe Church was built in 1925. The architecture includes typical

Scania Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

n crow-step gables, and is modeled on Gumlösa Church, which was built in 1191. Since 2006, Tyringe church is no longer open to the public except for mass and various services; it is locked after having been burgled in March 2006, at which time the church's silver

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and chandeliers, among other things, were stolen. Since the 1990s, Scania has experienced a steady rise in crime. This has affected even smaller urban areas like Tyringe.Liga kan ligga bakom inbrott i Tyringe
(Organized crime may be behind burglaries in Tyringe). ''Swedish Radio'', 30 July 2006. In Swedish. Retrieved 18 March 2007. Tyringe has two schools, the Tyre School and the Vedhygge School. The Tyre School accommodates pupils from the surrounding villages, including

Finja Finja is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden. Finja is located north of Lake Finjasjön, between Hässleholm and Tyringe. The village had a population of 535 inhabitants in 2010. Finja C ...

, Hörja, Matteröd, Röke,

Västra Torup Västra Torup is a minor locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 198 inhabitants in 2010 down from 210 in 2005, Västra Torup is no longer classified as an urban area by Statistics Sweden Statistics Sweden ( ; ...

and other smaller villages.

Sport and leisure

Tyr Hov sports centre is known throughout the country for the various training camps that are conducted there. It has the following amenities: * Ice rink * 25m swimming pool including water flume, child's play pool and outside play pool for summer use * Bowling hall * Sports hall * Outdoor sports ground – grass and gravel football pitches, and athletics track * Jogging track – 1800m illuminated, 5K, 7K and 10K woodland routes; also used for skiing in the winter

References

External links

Tyringe Hockey TeamTyringe.nuOld postcards from Tyringe
{{authority control Populated places in Hässleholm Municipality