Limhamns kalkbrott

Limhamns kalkbrott or Kalkbrottet is situated near Malmö, in the borough of Limhamn-Bunkeflo, Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. The present quarry was opened in 1866 but there was a predecessor already in the 1600s.

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Type: Protected area
Description: limestone quarry in Skåne, Sweden
Also known as: “Kalkbrottet”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Limhamns IP and Limhamn Church.

Limhamns IP

Sports venue

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Limhamns IP is a sports venue, which is situated 1 km north of Limhamns kalkbrott.

Limhamn Church

Church

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Limhamn Church is situated 1 km northeast of Limhamns kalkbrott.

Sibbarps kallbadhus

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Sibbarps kallbadhus is situated 2 km northwest of Limhamns kalkbrott.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limhamn and Hyllie.

Limhamn

Suburb

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Limhamn is, in an administrative sense, the southern district of Malmö Municipality in Sweden. Before 1915, Limhamn was a town of its own. The population of Limhamn-Bunkeflo is 31,000, of which 7,000 live in the southern suburbs Tygelsjö and Bunkeflostrand, and some live in neighbourhoods that are not usually counted to Limhamn proper.

Hyllie

Suburb

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Hyllie is an area and former city district in the central of Malmö Municipality, Sweden. On 1 July 2013, it was merged with Limhamn-Bunkeflo, forming Väster. Hyllie is situated 3 km east of Limhamns kalkbrott.