Thread subject: Diptera.info :: To Swedish colleagues
#1
A lot of Fallen's types have type locality: Sweden, Esperod
Could somebody gives coordinates or modern name of "Esperod"?
Nikita
Posted by
kurt on 25-02-2012 16:25
#2
Hello Nikita
I think it could be Esperöd i southeast of Scania
WGS 84 (lat, lon):
N 55° 40.699', E 14° 14.420'
WGS 84 decimal (lat, lon):
55.67831, 14.24033
RT90:
6173225, 1401554
SWEREF99 TM:
6170539, 452229
Kurt Holmqvist
#3
Thank you, Kurt!
One more question:
Esperöd is a settlement of several houses or oak forest around?
Posted by
kurt on 25-02-2012 16:45
#4
Hello again
I have never been there but there are a arborete with a lots of trees.
http://www.osterlen.com/arboretum/
http://www.osterlen.com/arboretum/keaprogram.htm
Kurt Holmqvist
#6
Hi Nikita !
Esperöd is the name of the mansion, where Fallen lived/spent a lot of time.
You can see a photo at: http://esperodsherrgard.se
Google earth coordinates: 55 40'43.20'' N , 14 14'24.70'' E
There is actually a photo of a big oak close to the mansion at Google earth, but I dont think there is any oak forest.
Fallen died in 1830 and the arborete was created in 1922.
Esperöd is also a "Nature reserve" with this homepage in Swedish
http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/skane/Sv/djur-och-natur/skyddad-natur/naturreservat/simrishamn/esperod/Pages/_index.aspx
Leif
#7
After some more research found this:
There are also plenty of oak, both with big crowns, reminiscent of days when the landscape was characterized by grazing (Fallen's time ?) , and smaller windswept oaks, that grow on the east side, close to the sea.
Hopefully this answers your "oak-question".
/Leif
#8
Thank you, Lief!
It is always a kind of puzzle to reed the old labels.
One puzzle less!