Vandringsleder i Torsås kommun
TORSÅSLEDEN – Section 8 Gullabo–Degerhyltan 6 km 1
You are now at Blå Källa, documented in the 1350s. Legend states that when the spring dries up, the local families will die out. The villages of Kroksmåla, Blomstermåla, Bin- naretorp and Kyrkebo all meet here.
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Gullaboby railway station. This original station house and the entire Torsås–Gullaboby railway were inaugurated on 15 September 1917, but closed in the late 1940s. The station house now provides classrooms for Gullabo school.
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Here lie the remains of an old mill dam. Binnaretorp was using the water mill here until the late 19th century.
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Rövareflyet. A band of thieves lived here in the late 18th century, led by the notorious “Robber-Kalle”. The story goes that they held a girl from Degerhyltan captive for five or six years. However, she eventually made contact with local villagers, who decided to attack the feared band of robbers and free the poor girl. She helped them by pouring water onto the robbers’ firearms, rendering them useless. The attack was a success. One of the robbers was shot and the others were arrested. Today the only sign left of their camp is a pit in the ground.
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Bodhyltan. On either side of the trail, the village has interesting remains of crofter’s cottages thought to have been occupied in the 18th century. The village also has the oldest school house in the parish and a flax drying house.
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Mogrinden. There is a rest stop here and an information board with notes left by passers-by. Feel free to write a few words.
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We now come to the foundations of the old Törnemåla school. South of the trail lie the foundation walls of a crofter’s cottage, home to three brothers: Erik, Karl and Gustav Jonsson. Erik lived the longest, dying in around 1915. The brothers made scythe handles, rakes and clogs. The fish in the nearby stream were important in supple- menting their existence.
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Foundations. Peter Brännman ran his business on this site until around 1900, when he went bankrupt. In around 1910 a new house was built, only to be moved to Petamåla in 1932. Unusually, the foundations show that the house had three cellars.
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About 300 metres from the trail lies Blommastugan in Törne- måla, where bosun Blomma lived in the late 19th century. The cottage was renovated in 1991 by Gullabo Rural Heritage Association, and now provides tourist accommodation. Well and outside toilet in the garden. Take your own portable stove (no electricity).