The town of Lidköping on Lake Vänern, the largest lake of Sweden and the third-largest in Europe (5,585 km², up to 106 m deep),
was chartered as a town in 1446.
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| SVERIGE | SWEDEN |
| län: Västra Götaland |
The town of Lidköping on Lake Vänern, the largest lake of Sweden and the third-largest in Europe (5,585 km², up to 106 m deep),
was chartered as a town in 1446.
The 
Nikolaikyrkan (church of St. Nicholas) [left] goes back to a church
that had been built in 1446 and was renovated in 1617–1693. The present church was rebuilt in Neo-Gothic style after a fire in 1849.
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