Bø (Telemark)
Bø was a municipality in the middle of Norwegian Telemark (merged into Vestfold og Telemark in 2020 ). Together with Sauherad and Nome, Bø formed the Central Telemark region. As part of the municipal reform in Norway , Bø was merged with Sauherad on January 1, 2020, with the administrative center in Bø. The municipality is called Midt-Telemark .
The city was founded on January 1, 1838, in 1867 Lunde was decoupled from Bø in order to become its own municipality.
6630 inhabitants lived in an area of 263 km² (as of January 1, 2019). The municipality number was 0821. The last mayor was Olav Kasland ( V ).
Bø is known for its folk traditions and is home to one of the campuses of the University of Southeast Norway . It has often been called "the most beautiful place on earth" in the literature.
The name of the city is roughly synonymous with "farm". The coat of arms was in use from February 19, 1988 and shows three gold fiddles on a red background, chosen as a symbol because of the city's fame for traditional music and because of the production of fiddles.
Stone merra
On the ridge of Gårahaugen, with a view of the Bø valley, there is a free-standing stone monument known locally as "old horse stone". It is a stone slab standing on its edge with a length of about 6.0 meters, a height of about 1.5 meters and a thickness of 20 to 30 cm. The top edge has five saddle-shaped recesses, which makes it look like a giant saw blade. Legends say that this was an old sacrificial altar. Next to the "Steinmerra" there is an approximately 2.0 m high, 30 cm wide building stone . Gåra stave church stood here until 1627 .
Personalities
- Anders Haugen (1888–1984), ski jumper
- Hans Kleppen (1907-2009), ski jumper
- Kim Leine (* 1961), writer
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 (Norwegian).
Coordinates: 59 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ E