Leppävaara
Encyclopedia
Leppävaara or Alberga (Swedish
) is a district
of Espoo
, a city in Finland
. A major traffic
hub in the Greater Helsinki
region, the Rantarata
rail line and Kehä I
, the busiest road in Finland, cross in Leppävaara. The Sello Shopping Centre
is also located there. On New Year's Eve 2009, a shooting spree
occurred in that mall, killing 6 people, including the shooter.
After the shore track from Helsinki to Turku in 1903 was completed Leppävaara began to develop as a manor neighborhood. The bulk of the settlement was on the north side of the railway, the south side mostly in the agriculture use was further. Time the First World War Krepost Sveaborg
was built on the area of Leppävaara the defensive positions of Helsinki which had joined and of which there are still rests in the terrain. Leppävaara was formed as a community in 1921 and it remained such until all the such ones at the beginning of the year 1956 were abolished. In the early 1960s as well as the separating also of Leppävaara, Tapiola from Espoo was designed as a town but the plans were rejected when Espoo at the beginning of the year 1963 was formed on the whole as a town.
In the "Suur-Helsinki" -plan of Eliel Saarinen considerably large scale building was proposed around the station of Leppävaara from the year 1918. The area to the south of particularly the railway stayed however, built in few people up to the 1990s. The planning of the area was slowed down especially by the disagreements between the municipalities because a wide part of the area was for a long time in the possession of the city of Helsinki even though it was located in the area of Espoo.
Form Maxi-Market of the first hypermarket of the Finnish, Rake Oy and of Osuusliike Elanto and of other businesses was opened to Leppävaara on November 4, 1971. The building designed by Toivo Korhonen was an architect office 130 metres of 80 metres, long, broad 15 800 square metres from its floor space and 95 000 cubic metres from its volume. The building was taken into pieces out of the way of the 2nd stage in 2003, new commercial centre, Sello, and Maxi had time to be a commercial centre at 1st stage of Sello until when Elanto had finished in the place of it, Prisma continued about a year HOK Elanto.
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
) is a district
Districts of Espoo
This is an alphabetical list of the fifty districts of Espoo. Swedish names are given in parentheses.* Bodom ¹* Espoon keskus * Espoonkartano * Espoonlahti * Gumböle ¹* Haukilahti...
of Espoo
Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....
, a city in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. A major traffic
Traffic
Traffic on roads may consist of pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using the public way for purposes of travel...
hub in the Greater Helsinki
Greater Helsinki
Greater Helsinki and the smaller Helsinki Metropolitan Area or Capital Region refer to two regions of different size surrounding Helsinki, the capital of Finland...
region, the Rantarata
Rantarata
, is a railway running between Helsinki Central railway station and Turku railway stations in Finland. Its first segment, linking Turku to Karis, was commissioned in 1895, and work began the following year. The Turku–Karis track was opened for temporary traffic on 1 April 1899 and for permanent...
rail line and Kehä I
Kehä I
Ring I is the busiest of all highways in Finland, carrying up to 113,000 vehicles per day. It is the innermost of the three beltways in the Greater Helsinki region, numbered as regional route 101 and runs from the eastern-most part of Espoo to Itäkeskus in eastern Helsinki. The total length is ,...
, the busiest road in Finland, cross in Leppävaara. The Sello Shopping Centre
Sello
Sello is a shopping mall in the Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland. The mall contains more than 170 shops and services including a concert hall and a library....
is also located there. On New Year's Eve 2009, a shooting spree
Sello mall shooting
The Sello mall shooting occurred on the morning of 31 December 2009 shortly after 10:08 local time at the Sello Prisma hypermarket in Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland. The shooting was believed to have been started after Ibrahim Shkupolli, the alleged gunman, found that his ex-girlfriend had a...
occurred in that mall, killing 6 people, including the shooter.
History
The old manor houses of Alberga and Leppävaara are located in Leppävaara. Near there also is the manor house of Kilo.After the shore track from Helsinki to Turku in 1903 was completed Leppävaara began to develop as a manor neighborhood. The bulk of the settlement was on the north side of the railway, the south side mostly in the agriculture use was further. Time the First World War Krepost Sveaborg
Krepost Sveaborg
The Krepost Sveaborg was an Imperial Russian land and sea fortress constructed around Helsinki during First World War. The purpose of the fortress was to provide a secure naval base for the Russian Baltic fleet and to protect Helsinki and block routes to Saint Petersburg from a possible German...
was built on the area of Leppävaara the defensive positions of Helsinki which had joined and of which there are still rests in the terrain. Leppävaara was formed as a community in 1921 and it remained such until all the such ones at the beginning of the year 1956 were abolished. In the early 1960s as well as the separating also of Leppävaara, Tapiola from Espoo was designed as a town but the plans were rejected when Espoo at the beginning of the year 1963 was formed on the whole as a town.
In the "Suur-Helsinki" -plan of Eliel Saarinen considerably large scale building was proposed around the station of Leppävaara from the year 1918. The area to the south of particularly the railway stayed however, built in few people up to the 1990s. The planning of the area was slowed down especially by the disagreements between the municipalities because a wide part of the area was for a long time in the possession of the city of Helsinki even though it was located in the area of Espoo.
Form Maxi-Market of the first hypermarket of the Finnish, Rake Oy and of Osuusliike Elanto and of other businesses was opened to Leppävaara on November 4, 1971. The building designed by Toivo Korhonen was an architect office 130 metres of 80 metres, long, broad 15 800 square metres from its floor space and 95 000 cubic metres from its volume. The building was taken into pieces out of the way of the 2nd stage in 2003, new commercial centre, Sello, and Maxi had time to be a commercial centre at 1st stage of Sello until when Elanto had finished in the place of it, Prisma continued about a year HOK Elanto.
See also
- Districts of EspooDistricts of EspooThis is an alphabetical list of the fifty districts of Espoo. Swedish names are given in parentheses.* Bodom ¹* Espoon keskus * Espoonkartano * Espoonlahti * Gumböle ¹* Haukilahti...
- Sello mall shootingSello mall shootingThe Sello mall shooting occurred on the morning of 31 December 2009 shortly after 10:08 local time at the Sello Prisma hypermarket in Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland. The shooting was believed to have been started after Ibrahim Shkupolli, the alleged gunman, found that his ex-girlfriend had a...