= Malmö =
[c] City name [c]
The name of the city probably comes from the Old-Norse Malmhaugar. Since 1116 it is mentioned as landing location with the name Malmhaug and later with Malmoge, Malmöyghe or Malmey (lat. Malmogia). The old swedish nameing Malmöughe from 1367 can be deduced from its roots Malm and högar, the plural form of heap and thereby meaning heap of sand.
During the Hanseatic period the city was commonly in the German realm known by the lower German name Elbogen (elbow). This name is also found on a copper engraving of the four Shonic cities Helsheborch, Lunden, Elbogen and Landeskron, in a description of the cities of the earth realm by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg (Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Cologne 1588). In that latin book Malmo is also named as Ancona Scanorum (shonic Ancona)). The Italian seaport was originally a Greek foundation and the greek name Ankṓn (elbow) indicated - as in the lower German name for Malmö - the elbow like countour of the cape that sheltered the port.
Till today the coastline follows the shape of an elbow in Malmö as well, where it's south end is near the village Limhamn which was integrated into the city in 1915. The peak of the elbow forms together with the opposite island Amager also the narrowest gap at the south end of the Öresund.
[c] History of the town [c]
The landing location was formost important for the Danish king to get the the more important Lund. Soon it distingushed itself through fishing and trade with the German merchants along the shonic coast and could also provit from its strategic location. As the Danish king controlled the ports in the north and south, he could close up the shouth of the Öresund.
In 1319 the foundation for the St. Petri och Pauli Kyrka was lead and at around the same time the first townhall was constructed. The oldest town privileges date to the 20th December 1353 and were several times verified and extended. Malmö overtook more and more the role of Lund as the foremost town in Shonen. The oldest still remaining building date into that period, for example the castle of Malmöhus, which was founded in the 15th century by Erich of Pommeria. Also since that time Malmö carries the Pommerian Griffin in it's crest.
Between 1318 and 1658 the Danish city was repeatedly occupied by Sweden and for a short period also incorporated. Malmö is presumed to be the origin of the Danish reformation, for example the first lutherian preaching in Denmark were heared in Malmö and the first Danish gospel was printed there.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malm%C3%B6#Geschichte, 2016-05-11]