Kallebäck
Encyclopedia
Kallebäck is one of 8 districts in Örgryte borough
, Gothenburg
, Sweden
.
The name Kallebäck means "The brook with the cauldron" and the name dates back to 1496.
The buildings in Kallebäck mostly consists of apartment buildings built between 1960 and 1970. The buildings in the north part of Kallebäck are generally lower, with only 3-4 floors. The buildings nearer to the highway E6
are higher: 12 floors.
The area also has a 14 stories high building, named Ostkupan http://ostkupan.se/ ("The cheese cup") with about 360 students, and its own pub in the basement. Coca cola and Arla
has large facilities in the district as well.
The population mostly belong to the middle class
, and most of them are retired or students.
All streetnames in Kallebäck are named after dairy products.
Örgryte
Örgryte is one of the 21 stadsdelsnämndsområden of Gothenburg Municipality, Sweden. It is a largely upper middle class to upper class residential area, just to the east of the city centre...
, Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
The name Kallebäck means "The brook with the cauldron" and the name dates back to 1496.
The buildings in Kallebäck mostly consists of apartment buildings built between 1960 and 1970. The buildings in the north part of Kallebäck are generally lower, with only 3-4 floors. The buildings nearer to the highway E6
European route E6
European route E 6 is the designation for the main north-south road in Norway, and the west coast of Sweden, running from the southern tip of Sweden, at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the country north to Finnmark. The route ends close to the Norwegian border with Russia...
are higher: 12 floors.
The area also has a 14 stories high building, named Ostkupan http://ostkupan.se/ ("The cheese cup") with about 360 students, and its own pub in the basement. Coca cola and Arla
Arla
Arla can refer to*Arla Aabba *Arla *Arla Foods*Arla, Greece*Association of Residential Letting Agents *Arla Plast...
has large facilities in the district as well.
The population mostly belong to the middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
, and most of them are retired or students.
All streetnames in Kallebäck are named after dairy products.
History
- On November 28, 2004, there was a shootout at Mejerigatan 2, just outside Ostkupan. The car thieves were cornered by the police. One officer was wounded and had to be taken to the university hospital in Gothenburg before the thieves were arrested. They were later charged for attempted murder. http://www.sr.se/goteborg/nyheter/arkiv.asp?DagensDatum=2004-11-28&Artikel=511896
- In 2004, a car bomb exploded in an almost empty parking lot. No one was injured.
Geography
Kallebäck is located in Örgryte borough, which contains 7 more distinct:- BagaregårdenBagaregårdenBagaregården is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Örgryte borough.Most parts of the district were designed by town planner Albert Lilienberg. He was inspired by the Austrian architect Camillo Sitte...
- Kärralund
- LundenLunden, ÖrgryteLunden is one of 8 districts in Örgryte borough, Gothenburg, Sweden.Lunden is situated immediately to the east of the central area of Gothenburg...
- Olskroken
- Redbergslid
- Skår
- Överås
External links
- Official website: Göteborgs Stad - Örgryte (in Swedish)