Komstad

57°24′06″N 14°36′33″E / 57.40173°N 14.60925°E / 57.40173; 14.60925 Komstad is a village in the former Norra Ljunga Parish, Småland, Sweden, suited about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of Sävsjö town.

It is an old village, mentioned in historical records as early as 1370.

Recent research tries to document that Jonas Bronck (c. 1600 – c. 1643), who gave name to The Bronx, New York, United States, was born in Komstad.^[1][2][3][4]

Komstad was previously the location for the parish's Thing and was the main village in Västra Härad (western part of Njudung). But when the railroad was constructed in the 1860s, nearby Sävsjö became the new main town in the region.

External links

• Site in connection with Komstad and its region: Baltic lodge No.689, Vasa order of America

References

1. Ultan, Lloyd (1993). The Bronx In The Frontier Era. From the Beginning to 1696. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company.
2. . Bronx Notables. Bronx historical Society. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
3. Mattice, Shelby; Dorpfeld, David (January 18, 2012), "Jonas and Pieter Bronck", Register-Star, archived from the original on September 9, 2012, retrieved 2012-02-18
4. Mattausch-Yildiz, Birgit (2011). "Stadt als Transitraum: Ein Blick hinter den Bronx-Mythos [The City as a transitional Space: investigating the Bronx Myth]". In Bukow, Wolf-Dietrich; Heck, Gerda; Schulze, Erika; Yildiz, Erol (eds.). Neue Vielfalt in der urbanen Stadtgesellschaft [A new Diversity in Urban Society] (in German). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN 978-3-531-17754-0. Der Name The Bronx geht auf den ersten Siedler 1639, den Schweden Jonas Bronck und dessen Familie ('the Broncks') zurück – so lautet zumindest die landläufige Erklärung für den Artikel in Namen. [The name The Bronx relates to the first settler from 1639, the Swede Jonas Bronck and his family ('the Broncks') – that at least is the common explanation for the article in that name.]