Germania, Djursholm

Coordinates: 59°23′57″N 18°5′46″E / 59.39917°N 18.09611°E

Germaniaparken.

Germaniaviken.

Djursholmsbanan

Legend 11.7 Näsbypark 1937- 11.0 Näsbyallé 1937- Sågtorpsvägen Lahällsvägen 10.2 Lahäll 1928- 8.5 Altorp 1910- Bråvallavägen Danderydsvägen 7.8 Östberga 1910- Hildingavägen Vendevägen (Parkvägen) 7.2 Vendevägen(Parkvägen) 1910- 12.9 Svalnäs 1912‑1934 Eddavägen 12.1 Eddavägen 1901‑1976 10.7 Vikingavägen 1901‑1976 Ymervägen 9.9 Djursholms Framnäsviken 1890‑1976 9.5 Germania 1890‑1976 Vendevägen 8.7 Djursholms torg(-1968: Restauranten) 1890‑1976 8.5 Auravägen 1890‑1952 Sveavägen 8.3 Djursholms Sveavägen 1890‑1976 Sköldvägen (Vasavägen) 7.5 Bragevägen 1890‑1976 Bragevägen Roslagsbanan(SRJ) ◄ Kårsta (Rimbo)/Österåker 6.7 Djursholms Ösby 1890- Roslagsbanan(SRJ) 0.0 Stockholm ÖTekniska högskolan 1973- 1885- -1 Engelbrektsplan 1895‑1960 Sources[1][2][3][4]

Germania is the name of a part of Djursholm in Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm. There is a small bay of Stora Värtan called Germaniaviken, a street called Germaniavägen and the park Germaniaparken.

Until 1976 there was a railway stop called Germania at a part of Roslagsbanan (Djursholmsbanan) which was closed that year. This railway stop was originally called Germaniavägen. Station code: Gem.^[5]

Djursholm was created as a garden town in the late 19th Century and streets and blocks were given names from ancient Norse mythology. The name Germania, referring to a people in northern Europe, was established in 1889 in the first zoning plan for the new garden town. Many buildings in the oldest parts of Djursholm also refers to a norse inspired romantic nationalism. One house in this particular area was also called Germania, situated at Germaniavägen 7.^[6] The poet Alice Tegnér lived in Villa Tegnabo between 1890 and 1912, a building which used to be at Germaniavägen 5 but now is replaced.^[7]

Older names for Germaniaviken were Österviken and before that Sielviken.^[8]

References

1. BANVAKT.se Bandel nr 323
2. BANVAKT.se Bandel nr 325
3. Historiskt om Svenska Järnvägar Järnvägar i historien
4. ekeving.se: Roslagsbanan - Eddavägslinjen, läst 2015-07-12
5. Banvakt.se on Germania
6. Djursholms fornnordiska namn, vägar, villor och kvarter. Djursholms forntid och framtid, 2003, ISBN 91-974122-2-8
7. Danderyds kommuns webbplats
8. Djursholm, vår hembygd, K.E. Renqvist, 1961