Savonlinna

Savonlinna is a city and a municipality of 33,580 inhabitants inside the southeast of Finland, inside the heart of the Saimaa lake vicinity. The Finnish name of the town method "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish call method "New Castle". The metropolis was founded in 1639, based totally on Olavinlinna fortress. The fort become based through Erik Axelsson Tott in 1475 so as to defend Savonia and to control the unstable border among the Kingdom of Sweden and its Russian adversary. During the Russo-Swedish War, the citadel became captured with the aid of Field-Marshal Peter Lacy.

It changed into held by way of Russia among 1743 and 1812, when it turned into granted lower back to Finland as part of the "Old Finland". In 1973 the municipality of Saaminki become consolidated with Savonlinna. In the start of year 2009 the municipality of Savonranta and a 31.24 km2 land strip from Enonkoski between Savonlinna and Savonranta were consolidated with Savonlinna.