Herrevad Abbey is an abbey near Ljungbyhed, Scania, in the south of Sweden. Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. It is notable as the site of Tycho Brahe's discovery of the supernova SN 1572 in Cassiopeia and as the birthplace of Swedish paper production. Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe ( December 14 1546 &ndash October 24 1601) was a Danish nobleman A supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas) is a stellar Explosion. SN 1572 ( Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova) "B Cassiopeiae" (B Cas or 3C 10 was a Supernova of Type Ia in the Cassiopeia ( colloquially /ˌkæsiˈoʊpiə/ is a northern Constellation which Greek mythology considered to represent the vain queen Cassiopeia who boasted In Brahe's time, the abbey was in Denmark, but the region was ceded to Sweden in 1658.

Sources

• Places with connection to Tycho Brahe
• Herrevadskloster homepage (Swedish)
• Ljungbyhed, Sweden on Google Maps
• History of Klippan Paper

Coordinates: 56°05′N 13°14′E / 56.083, 13.233

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.

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