Ny Varberg
Ghost town · Sweden
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 57.141, 12.265
Why it was abandoned
❔ Cause unknown
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History
Ny Varberg was a city founded sometime between 1429 and 1434 about five kilometres north of present-day Varberg, Sweden. It was abandoned around 1612. The city was located at a crossroads where the roads from Småland and Västergötland met the royal road through Halland. To have access to the sea, a canal 700 metres long was built between Kattegat and Himleån. It is unclear who founded the city or why.