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in a flat district, near the bank of Lake Hjelmaren (75 ft.), and is
intersected by the Svartå. It is now quite a modern-looking place,
having been in great part rebuilt after a fire in 1854. The
handsome Drottning-Gata traverses the town from N. to S. The
handsomest edifice is the modern Gothic Town Hall (‘Stadshuset’), in
the Stora Torg. In front of it rises Engelbrekt’s Statue by
Qvarn-ström, erected in 1865. The Theatre and the Allmänna Läroverket
or Karolinska Skolan (containing a small museum) are also
handsome buildings. In front of the latter rises an Obelisk to the memory
of the brothers Olaus and Laurentius Petri, the Swedish reformers
(p. lxix). The only ancient buildings are the Castle (now occupied
by public offices), with its four round towers, situated on an island
in the river, and the Church, which has been partly modernised.
The castle was once besieged by Engelbrekt, afterwards by Sten
Sture the Elder (d. 1503), and by Gustavus I. (d. 1560). It was
then rebuilt by Gustavus, and completed by Charles IX. (d. 1611).
— Walks to Skebäck on Lake Hjelmaren and to Adolfsberg, a
small watering-place to the S., on the railway.
From Örebro a Steamboat plies once weekly to Stockholm via the
Hjelmare Canal. It first crosses Lake Hjelmaren (75 ft.; 46 Engl. M. long,
6-10 31J wide) and then proceeds through the Hjelmare Canal to the
Arbogaå (see below), which it follows to Kungsör, on Lake Mälaren. Then
by the last-named lake to Stockholm. —Another steamer (‘Sven Rinmann’)
plies thrice weekly to Skogstorp, which is within >/< hr. of Eskilstnna
(p. 354) hy railway. — Lake Hjelmaren is destitute of pretty scenery, but
its pikes and crabs are considered great delicacies. A monument has
been erected on the Eivgelbrektsholm, in the 4V. part of the lake, on the
spot where Engelbrekt was assassinated by 31 åns Bengtson in 1436. Near
the mouth of the canal is Count Platen’s chateau of Stora Sundby, erected
in the early-English style by Robinson.
Soon after leaving Örebro the train stops at (37 Kil. from
Hallsberg) Dylta Bruk, where a branch-line diverges to Nora and
Karlskoga on the Nordvestra Stambana (p. 313). 41 Kil. Ervalla.
50 Kil. (31 31.) Frövi is the junction of a line to Ludvika.
Fkom Fbövi to Ludvika, 98 Kil. (61 Engl. 31.), railway in 5’/2 hrs.
(fares 7 kr. 35, 5 kr. 40, 3 kr. 70 Ö.). This industrially important railway
traverses a very rich mining-district (iron, copper, lead). The scenery
between Linde and Kopparberg is picturesque. — 10 Kil. Vedevåg.
19 Kil. (12 31.) Linde (Hotel), with 1500 inhab., is prettily situated
between the two lakes of that name. The church and a great part of the
town were rebuilt after a fire in 1S69. The train then skirts the E. bank
of Lake Rossvalen to Gusselby, Storå (whence a branch-line diverges to the
silver-mines of Guldsmedshyttan), Vasselhyttan, Rällså, and Bångbro (branch
to Bånghammar, Kölsjön. and Kloten). 55 Kil. (34 31.) Kopparberg
(Hotel) is an important mining place, with copper, lead, and zinc-mines
in the vicinity. 63 Kil. Ställdalen, where the line crosses the
Bergsla-gernas-Bana (R. 49), with which it afterwards runs nearly parallel to
Ludvika. The next stations are Ställberg, Hörk, Grängesberg,
Björnhyttan, and Gonäs. Then —
9S Kil. (61 M.) Ludvika, see p. 365.
55 Kil. Ullersäter; 64 Kil. Fellingsbro; 75 Kil. Jäders Bruk.
79 Kil. (49 M.) Arboga (Hotel; Gästgifcaregård), a town
with 3900 inhab., was anciently a place of much importance.
Thirty-two diets of the Estates have been held here at different
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