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'''Avaskär''' is a village, with chapel and cemetery, in Kristianopel parish in eastern [[Blekinge]] in [[Sweden]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://kulturlandskapetblekinge.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/en-bortglomd-stad/|title=   Avaskär – En bortglömd stad
|publisher=  kulturlandskapetblekinge|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref>
The city is mentioned first in 1350 and existed until 1600, when the city together with [[Lyckeby|Lyckå]] lost its city charter in favor of the newly fortress city [[Kristianopel]]. During the 14th century, the Danes re-conquered Blekinge. Avaskär's history is not very well known since the King [[Valdemar IV of Denmark]] (1320–137) is said to have destroyed all the documents from this period.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sydsverige.dk/?pageID=191|title=   Kristianopel|publisher= sydsverige.dk|accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref>
During the Middle Ages, Avaskär was one of Denmark's smallest cities, located only six kilometers from the Swedish border. The city suffered from numerous depredations and fires during the regular Swedish-Danish wars of the 15th and 16th centuries.
In 1451, King [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] (1408-1470) and King [[Christian I of Denmark]] (1426–1481) met in Avaskär to resolve a conflict. Denmark and Sweden had been at war since 1449 over which country had the right to [[Gotland]]. No significant resolve was reached as a result of this meeting.
During the [[Nordic Seven Years' War]], the town was burned down by Swedes on 15 September 1563. The city was rebuilt, but its heyday was over.
In 1598, [[Sigismund III Vasa]] (1566–1632) arrived with his fleet to Avaskär and traveled from there to [[Kalmar]] to assert his right to the throne of Sweden (see [[War against Sigismund]]). The following year, King [[Christian IV of Denmark]] decided to found a better fortified town named Kristianopel, and the name Avaskär receded from history.
<ref>{{cite web  |url= http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CI%5CSigismundIIIVasa.htm  |title= Sigismund III Vasa  |publisher= encyclopediaofukraine  |accessdate= January 1, 2019  |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180101154659/http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CI%5CSigismundIIIVasa.htm  |archive-date= January 1, 2018  |url-status= dead  }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.blekingemuseum.se/pages/666 |title=  Christianopel och Avaskär|publisher=  Blekinge museum |accessdate=January 1, 2019}}</ref>
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