Mariaberget, Stockholm

Mariaberget, Stockholm (Sweden)

Mariaberget is an informal area located in northwestern Sodermalm in Stockholm. Today the entire area north of Hornsgatan between Torkel Knutssonsgatan and Pustegrand is referred to as Mariaberget. The name comes from the Maria Magdalena congregation. The hill on the northern part of Sodermalm has been inhabited since the 14th century perhaps already when Stockholm was founded in the 13th century. Originally the assembly included the whole of Sodermalm. Katarina congregation was added in the 17th century the Sofia congregation at the beginning of the 20th century and the Hogalid congregation in the mid-1920s. In city plans from the 1880s several black-accessible and undeveloped mountains were reserved as parks and during the name revision in 1885 the quarters Kattfoten and Bossan were named Mariaberget. The part between Pustegrand in the east and Blecktornsgrand in the west is called Mariaberget ostra and is a cultural reserve with a large number of buildings which according to the City Museum in Stockholm have extremely high cultural and historical values.