Bäckebo

Bäckebo is a locality situated in , , , 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.
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  • Village with about 230 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (260 feet)
  • …is also known as “Baeckebo”
  • Description: urban area in Nybro Municipality, Sweden

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bäckebo Church.
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Bäckebo

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Latitude
56.88922° or 56° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
16.06536° or 16° 3′ 55″ east
Open location code
9F8RV3Q8+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251303413
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2723957
Wiki­data ID
Q2394168

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bäckebo” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Bäckebo (parokya)”
  • Cebuano: “Bäckebo”
  • Danish: “Bäckebo”
  • Dutch: “Bäckebo”
  • Finnish: “Bäckebo”
  • French: “Bäckebo”
  • German: “Bäckebo”
  • Irish: “Bäckebo”
  • Italian: “Bäckebo”
  • Ladin: “Bäckebo”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bäckebo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bäckebo”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bäckebo”
  • Norwegian: “Bäckebo”
  • Polish: “Bäckebo”
  • Swedish: “Bäckebo”

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