Ronneby

The city's oldest surviving city privileges are from 1387. The first recorded spelling of the name (around the year 1300) is Rotnæby, "the village upon the roaring (river)", so named because of the rapids on the spot. In the Middle Ages, Ronneby was an important trading and shipping town.

In 1564, Ronneby was the location of a bloody battle during the Northern Seven Years' War between the Swedish and the Danish armies during which the Swedes under King Erik XIV besieged the city, killed many inhabitants (Ronneby Bloodbath) and burnt it to the ground.Peterson, Gary Dean (2007): "Warrior Kings of Sweden. The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries." McFarland. p.55ff. Erik later reported that "The Water was red from blood of the Danes." The number of victims was heavily exaggerated, for different propagandistic reasons, by both sides.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

Following the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, whereby Blekinge and other southern provinces became Swedish, a navy base was built in Karlskrona – east of Ronneby – which accordingly was granted city rights, while revoking the city rights of Ronneby.

But Ronneby did attract some industries in the 18th century. Besides the industry, it also hosted the Ronneby spa, with water believed to have healing qualities. The park around the spa can still be visited. The first source of chalybeate (ferruginous) water was found in May 1705. But the high period of the spa was in the 19th century.

After a fire in 1864, Ronneby was rebuilt according to a check pattern, which is still the model of today. Ronneby finally regained its city title in 1882. From 1971 it is the seat of the larger Ronneby Municipality.

In the 1970s, the local diving club discovered a shipwreck off the coast of Ronneby that was eventually identified by archaeologists as Gribshunden, a 15th-century Danish warship.{{cite web | url=http://combatarchaeology.org/gribshunden-significance-and-preliminary-investigations/ | title=Gribshunden: Significance and Preliminary Investigations | last=Warming | first=Rolf | publisher=Combat Archaeology | date=2015-07-01 | access-date=2015-08-13}}{{cite web | url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/blekinge/SiteCollectionDocuments/Sv/samhallsplanering-och-kulturmiljo/arkeologi-och-fornlamningar/Ettskeppsvrak.pdf | title=Ett skeppsvrak i Ronneby skärgård |trans-title=A shipwreck in the archipelago of Ronneby | language=sv | last=Einarsson | first=Av Lars | publisher=Kalmar Läns Museum (Kalmar County Museum) | access-date=2015-08-13}} The shipwreck is significant as one of the best-preserved wreckages from the early modern period.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33872473 | title=Medieval ship's 'sea monster' figurehead raised from Baltic | work=BBC News | date=2015-08-12 | access-date=2015-08-13}}

Ronneby did use a coat of arms with the letter R between a star and a crescent at least since 1542. In 1882, the arms were redesigned, with the R substituted with the Ronnebyå River. The same coat of arms is used today by the municipality.

{{wide image|Ronneby panorama.jpg|1400px|Panorama of Ronneby}}

File:2006-06-12 7662 Ronneby Brunnspark.jpg|Rhododendron and lake in Brunnspark

File:Ronneby Munktrappan.jpg|Monks stairs with Heliga Kors kyrka in the background

File:Ronneby, Helga Korskyrkan, von Außen.JPG|Heliga Kors kyrka

File:HeligaKorsKyrkan_Ronneby.jpg|Heliga Kors kyrka, window

File:Ronneby, Helga Korskyrkan, zum Chor hin.JPG|Heliga Kors kyrka, view to chorus

File:Ronneby, Helga Korskyrkan, Chor und Altar.JPG|Heliga Kors kyrka, paintings

File:Ronneby, Helga Korskyrkan, Detail der Deckenmalerei im Chor.JPG|Heliga Kors kyrka, detail of paintings

• Knut Hahn Secondary School, a school aimed primarily at students in their late teens. It was completely renovated in 2004, at a cost of well over 100 million SEK (roughly US$16 million). It is funded and run by the Ronneby Municipality. It features most of the national programmes, teaching arts, science, industrial work and economics among many other subjects. It has about 700 students.
• Blekinge Institute of Technology (moved to Karlskrona in August 2010)

Ronneby also has many schools for lower ages, all run by the municipality save for a secondary school which is run by a company, called Thoren Framtid.

Ronneby has an oceanic climate (Cfb), similar to most of Southern Sweden. The climate is very similar to neighbouring city Karlshamn, but has a somewhat higher rainfall and cooler nights throughout the year at the site located inside the premises of the local airport.

{{Weather box

|location = Ronneby Airport 2002–2018; extremes since 1946

|collapsed =

|metric first = Yes

|single line = Yes

|Jan record high C = 11.5

|Feb record high C = 15.1

|Mar record high C = 19.2

|Apr record high C = 26.6

|May record high C = 28.2

|Jun record high C = 32.6

|Jul record high C = 33.3

|Aug record high C = 33.2

|Sep record high C = 27.5

|Oct record high C = 22.2

|Nov record high C = 14.6

|Dec record high C = 12.0

|year record high C = 33.3

|Jan avg record high C = 7.4

|Feb avg record high C = 8.3

|Mar avg record high C = 14.4

|Apr avg record high C = 19.2

|May avg record high C = 24.8

|Jun avg record high C = 26.6

|Jul avg record high C = 28.9

|Aug avg record high C = 27.5

|Sep avg record high C = 22.5

|Oct avg record high C = 17.0

|Nov avg record high C = 12.0

|Dec avg record high C = 8.7

|year avg record high C = 30.1

|Jan high C = 1.9

|Feb high C = 2.4

|Mar high C = 6.4

|Apr high C = 12.2

|May high C = 17.2

|Jun high C = 20.3

|Jul high C = 22.9

|Aug high C = 21.9

|Sep high C = 17.9

|Oct high C = 11.7

|Nov high C = 7.0

|Dec high C = 3.6

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -0.7

|Feb mean C = -0.5

|Mar mean C = 2.1

|Apr mean C = 6.5

|May mean C = 11.4

|Jun mean C = 14.7

|Jul mean C = 17.5

|Aug mean C = 16.8

|Sep mean C = 13.1

|Oct mean C = 8.0

|Nov mean C = 4.4

|Dec mean C = 1.2

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -3.2

|Feb low C = -3.3

|Mar low C = -2.2

|Apr low C = 0.8

|May low C = 5.5

|Jun low C = 9.0

|Jul low C = 12.1

|Aug low C = 11.7

|Sep low C = 8.3

|Oct low C = 4.3

|Nov low C = 1.8

|Dec low C = -1.3

|year low C =

|Jan avg record low C = -14.9

|Feb avg record low C = -13.3

|Mar avg record low C = -10.7

|Apr avg record low C = -5.7

|May avg record low C = -1.8

|Jun avg record low C = 2.6

|Jul avg record low C = 6.4

|Aug avg record low C = 4.8

|Sep avg record low C = 0.1

|Oct avg record low C = -4.6

|Nov avg record low C = -7.1

|Dec avg record low C = -11.7

|year avg record low C = -17.5

|Jan record low C = -31.8

|Feb record low C = -27.7

|Mar record low C = -25.0

|Apr record low C = -12.0

|May record low C = -6.0

|Jun record low C = -2.5

|Jul record low C = 2.0

|Aug record low C = 0.7

|Sep record low C = -4.6

|Oct record low C = -11.0

|Nov record low C = -17.5

|Dec record low C = -23.4

|year record low C = -31.8

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 54.6

|Feb precipitation mm = 36.7

|Mar precipitation mm = 33.3

|Apr precipitation mm = 28.9

|May precipitation mm = 45.1

|Jun precipitation mm = 60.3

|Jul precipitation mm = 77.9

|Aug precipitation mm = 67.9

|Sep precipitation mm = 48.2

|Oct precipitation mm = 73.1

|Nov precipitation mm = 69.1

|Dec precipitation mm = 57.5

|year precipitation mm =

|source 1 = SMHI Open Data{{cite web

| url = https://www.smhi.se/data/meteorologi/ladda-ner-meteorologiska-observationer/#param=precipitationMonthlySum,stations=all,stationid=65160

| title = SMHI öppen data för Ronneby-Bredåkra

| publisher = Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute | language = sv }}

|source 2 = SMHI Monthly Data 2002–2018{{cite web

| url = http://www.smhi.se/klimatdata/meteorologi/temperatur/2.1240

| title = Yearly and Monthly Statistics

| publisher = SMHI| date = 28 June 2019}}}}

These are two of the more prominent sports clubs in Ronneby:

• Ronneby BK, association football
• Fredriksbergs BK, bandy

• Josefina Wettergrund (1830–1903), writer
• Messiah Marcolin, vocalist best known for his work in the Swedish doom metal band Candlemass

• Ronneby, Minnesota

{{Reflist}}

{{Commons}}

• Collection of [http://www.rby.se Ronneby] links
• {{Official website|http://www.ronneby.se}}

{{Localities in Ronneby Municipality}}

{{Blekinge County}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Municipal seats of Blekinge County

Category:Swedish municipal seats

Category:Populated places in Ronneby Municipality

Category:Market towns in Sweden