Hämeenlinna

Hämeenlinna hă´mānlĭn˝nä [key], Swed.Tavastehus,城市(1998年流行。45555),资本of Southern Finland prov., S Finland. It is a lake port and a manufacturing town with plywood mills, tanneries, spool mills, and rubber works. Built around a 13th-century castle on Lake Vanajavesi, the city was chartered in 1638. The beautiful Aulanko-Karlberg natural park nearby is a tourist center. The composer JeanSibeliuswas born in Hämeenlinna.

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