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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  • Type: Village with 223 residents
  • Description: urban area in Nybro Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Baeckebo”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bäckebo Church.

Church
Photo: Riggwelter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bäckebo

Latitude
56.88922° or 56° 53′ 21″ north
Longitude
16.06536° or 16° 3′ 55″ east
Population
223
Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)
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”
  • Chinese: “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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