Tuesday, 12 August - Part 4
Bruzaholm
Between "Bullerbyn" and our destination for the night, Eksjö, we made a stop at an old iron works village, Bruzaholm, dating back to the 1600s. The industrial museum was not open; but we walked around for a bit outside, and I snapped some photos of the old buildings, ponds, canals and whatnot.
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I think the red houses across the water is where the workers used to live. Perhaps some still do! There is still a factory producing cast iron products in the village, with around 70 employees (according to the Swedish Wikipedia article). The total population in the village nowadays is around 246 (2023), so it's still a small one!
The spelling of its name, Bruzaholm, is unusual, as you don't often see the letter "z" in Swedish. In the past, it was spelled with an s (Brusaholm). Originally the name referred to the nearby river Brusan; but the family who started the iron works were called Bruzelius, and with time, that came to influence the spelling of the name of the whole village.
alphabet postcards by Swedish artist Lena Andersson
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