English
This is a simple multi-cache in a series of geoCaches with connections to town squares in the state of Östergötland. There is one in the series in every county in Östergötland. Each geoCache in the series will give you a micro canister, where you can find a number that can be used to solve the bonus cache in the end.
Svenska
Motala är en tätort i Östergötland samt centralort i Motala kommun, Östergötlands län.
Staden ligger vid Göta kanal och Motala ström mellan sjöarna Vättern och Boren, och är Östergötlands tredje största stad.
Vid arkeologiska utgrävningar vid Motala ströms södra strand i centrala Motala har mångtusenåriga bosättningar från stenåldern påträffats. Charlottenborgs slott, Motala ström och Motala kyrka. Ur Suecia antiqua et hodierna.
På 1200-talet uppfördes en kyrka på norra sidan strömmen och delar av den byggnaden återfinns i dagens kyrka från 1774. Gustav Vasa byggde en kungsgård på strömmens södra strand.
Då Göta kanal byggdes 1810-1822 växte en mängd små samhällen upp längs kanalen. 1822 anlade Baltzar von Platen en mekanisk verkstad i Motala, AB Motala Verkstad, där så småningom en bruksort gradvis växte fram. 1823 blev Motala friköping, också det på förslag av von Platen. Verkstaden växte snabbt och på 1830-talet bodde det fler än 500 människor i området närmast verkstaden, men bara 75 i själva köpingen. 1863 blev Motala köpingskommun och år 1881 fick man stadsrättigheter. Fortfarande skedde dock den mesta expansionen i området runt verkstaden. 1948 slog man samman "verkstadsstaden" Motala Verkstad med staden Motala. 1927 byggdes Motala rundradiostation (även kallad Motala långvåg) för att det år 1925 grundade företaget Radiotjänst skulle få bättre täckning för rundradiosändningarna.
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Stora torget ligger i centrala Motala och det är dit startkoordinaten pekar. Från denna koordinat så hittar du slutgömman om du går 241,9 meter med bäring 249,35°.
English
Motala is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,798 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2005. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. Motala is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Vättern and is regarded as the main centre of both the Göta Canal and the surrounding lake region.
Motala Church dates from the 13th century. For several centuries, Motala remained a small village, mainly regarded as a stopping post on the road to the nearby town of Vadstena, one of cultural centres of medieval Sweden. However, King Gustav Vasa had a manor house built at Motala and later Queen Kristina had a summer residence built at the spa resort of Medevi, 20 km north of the town.
When the Göta Canal was built in the early 19th century, Motala became an important town for the trade on the canal. The town received the minor privilege status of köping in 1823, while full city rights were granted as of April 1, 1881. With the Swedish municipal reform of 1971, Motala became the seat of Motala Municipality.
Motala Verkstad is an engineering company, world famous for its bridge and railway construction equipment. In the science fiction novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, the prow of the submarine Nautilus was built at Motala Verkstad. Later major Swedish industrial manufacturers such as Electrolux and Luxor had their main factories built in the city.
The builder of the Göta Canal, Baltzar von Platen has his grave by the canal in Motala.
Another important episode of Motala history began in 1927, when the Swedish national Motala longwave transmitter station was built. The town marks the middle of a straight line between Sweden's two biggest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg. Radio programs were transferred from studios in Stockholm to Motala by telephone wire. The call was "Stockholm-Motala". The transmitter operated on 191 kHz until 1962, when the transmissions were moved to Orlunda. Since 1991 there have been no longwave transmissions at all by the Swedish Broadcasting Company, but the Motala transmitter, which is a museum today, sometimes makes low power transmissions which may only be receivable in the Motala area.
Some years before the broadcasting station was established the company Luxor was founded in Motala. Luxor soon became one of the largest radio, and later television, manufacturers in Sweden. In the 1980s Luxor started producing their own line of computers, like the ABC 80. In 1985 Luxor was acquired by Nokia, and eventually production moved elsewhere.
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The start coordinates points towards the town square, Stora torget in central Motala. From here you will find the cache if you go 241.9 meters with bearing 249.35°.