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monotonous ‘skärgård’ flanking the coast, -where the intricate
navigation requires the utmost attention of the pilot. About 4 hrs.
after quitting Söderköping the steamer reaches —
Oxelösund, the terminus of the branch-railway to Nyköping
and Flen (R. 45). The next point of interest, about 11 Engl. M.
to the S. of Södertelge. in a hay of the Baltic, is the handsome
chateau of Hörningsholm, on the Mörkö, which occupies the site
of an old castle to which many historical reminiscences attach.
It belonged to the famous family of Sture in the 15th and
subsequent centuries, and afterwards to the families of Baner and
Ribbing. Christina Gyllenstjerna died here, and the daughter of
one of the counts Sture was abducted hence by Eric Stenbock.
In 1719 the old castle w’as burned down by the Russians, and the
estates afterwards came into the possession of the Counts Bonde,
by whom the present chateau was erected. — At the N. end of
the bay in which the Mörkö is situated the steamboat enters the
short Södertelge Canal. connecting the Baltic wdth the small Lake
Maren and Lake Mälaren, to the level of which the steamboat
ascends by means of a lock. The next station, 5 hrs. beyond
Oxelösund, is —
Södertelge (Central Hotel; Phanix), a town with about 4300
in-hab., and a place of considerable antiquity, entirely destroyed by
the Russians in 1719. The church of St. Ragnhild is said to have
been built by the queen of that name, the wife of King Inge the
Younger, about the year 1100. The hydropathic establishment
here attracts numerous visitors from Stockholm and many
Stockholmers have villas here. ‘Kringlor’ (ring-shaped cakes) and
‘pepparkakor’ (gingerbread) form a specialty of the place. — Several
trains and steamboats to Stockholm daily. — The steamboat trip
hence to Stockholm traverses the beautiful scenery of Lake Mälaren,
which is seen to great advantage by early morning or late evening
light. The boat plies at night. In “2 hrs. after quitting
Södertelge the steamer reaches —
Stockholm, see p. 316.
41. From Nässjö to Stockholm.
350 Kil. (217 Engl. M.). Södra Stambana to Katrineholm, and Vestea
Stambana thence to Stockholm. Express in 81, 2 hrs., other fast trains in
91 2-12 hrs. (fares 29 kr. 75 0., 21 kr.). The ordinary trains are not all
through-trains (fares 24 kr. 50, 18 kr. 40, 12 kr. 25 Ö.).
Nässjö (1015 ft.; Hotel Wiberg, at the station, well spoken of;
*Railway Restaurant) is the junction for Jönköping (p. *298),
Oskarshamn (p. 392), and Halmstad (p. 289), and is situated on the
direct railway from Malmö to Stockholm (see R. 53).
The first part of the journey traverses the N. part of Småland,
the characteristics of which are described at p. 383. Between
Gripenberg and Sommenlies Holaveden, a hilly and wooded district sep-
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