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charitable establishment founded hy Gyllénkrook. Farther to the
N. rises the Helgonabacke (‘saints’ hill’; PI. C, 1), whence we
obtain a view, to the W. (finest at sunset), of the Sound, Malmö,
and the towers of Copenhagen.
Excursions. To Dalby, 11 Kil. to the S.E., with a handsome old
church, containing a crypt with a well. To the Romeleklint (near
Björnstorp), 8 Kil. farther, commanding an uninterrupted view of the whole
province of Skåne.
Krom Lund to Trelleborg, 43 Kil. (27 Engl 31.), railway in 2-2’ 4 hrs.
(fares 2 kr. 60, 1 kr. 70 Ö.). The district traversed is fertile hut
uninteresting to the tourist. Unimportant stations. At Svedala the line
intersects the Malmö and Ystad railway (p. 385). Trelleborg (Schweitzs
Hotel) is a small seaport and manufacturing town with 2300 inhabitants.
A railway to Malmö is being constructed (p. 395).
The train now traverses a very fertile district to the S. of Lund.
The large new buildings seen as we leave Lund are hospitals.
Near (611 Kil.) Akarp is the Agricultural Academy of Alnarp.
The train crosses the navigable Höjeå, passes ArVöf, and crosses
the Segeå, beyond which it skirts the Sound for a short distance.
61b Kil. (383 M.) Malmö, see p. 393.
From Hessleholm to Helsingborg.
77 Kil. (48 Engl. M ). Railway in 2’/2-3 hrs. (fares 6 kr. 20, 4 kr. 65,
3 kr. 10 o. ; by the slower trains 5 kr. 40, 4 kr. 5, 2 kr. 70 Ö.).
Like most of the other branches of the great Swedish
trunkline, this railway traverses a wooded district the greater part of
the wray to Helsingborg. Near (42 Kil.) Klippan is a large
paper-manufactory. A little to the N.W. are the large estates of
Bjers-gård and Tomarp, and to the S.E. is the ancient and picturesque
Herrevadskloster, formerly a Cistercian monastery, now
crown-property, and used as barracks. At (47Kil.) Qvidinge the
crown-prince Charles Augustus died suddenly on 28th May, 1810, to the
great disappointment and dismay of the whole nation as w?ell
as of his father. A monument has been erected to his memory
near the station. The train now traverses extensive coal-measures,
recently discovered. From (54 Kil.) Astorp a branch-line diverges
to the S. to Landskrona (p. 385), and another to the N. to
Engel-holm (p. 2S9). From Bjuf a short branch-line diverges to the S.W.
to Billesholm, the centre of a coal-mining region. 72 Kil.
Ram-lösabrunn, with mineral springs and baths. From (74 Kil.)
Ramlösa a line runs to the E. to Eslöf on the main line (see p. 385).
77 Kil. (48 M.) Helsingborg (*Hotel d’ Angleterre, in the Torg;
*Mollberg. also in the Torg, with a good restaurant, R. from 1 Vo kr.;
Continental, Munthe, near the harbour, with restaurants and cafe’s;
English vice-consul, Mr. Carl Westrup), a thriving town with
16,000 inhab.. is beautifully situated on the Öresund or Sound,
which is here only about 21 ’2 Engl. M. wide. (Steamboat to Helsingör
several times daily in 20 min.; others to Copenhagen, etc.) It is
one of the oldest towns in Skåne, having formerly stood near the
Kärnan tower, whence it was removed after a great fire to its
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