Bäckebo
Swedish locality
Place in Småland, Sweden
56°53′N 16°04′E / 56.883°N 16.067°E / 56.883; 16.067[1]
(31 December 2010)[1]
Bäckebo is a locality situated in Nybro Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden, with 219 inhabitants in 2010. It is known for the World War II Bäckebo rocket incident, in which the test flight of a German V-2 rocket, bound for Denmark, went astray and exploded above a cornfield near the hamlet of Gräsdals.[1]
Gallery
- Bäckebo school
- Bäckebo parish hall
References
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- v
- t
- e
This article about a location in Kalmar County, Sweden is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e