Víkarbyrgi
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| position | 61 ° 27 ' N , 6 ° 43' W | |
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| Commune | Sumbiar communa | |
| Post Code | FO 928 | |
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Víkarbyrgi [ ˈvʊikaɹˌbɪɹdʒɪ ] ( Danish : Viger Mountains ) is a place in the Faroe Islands in the south of the east coast of Suðuroys , Faroe Islands ( Denmark ). This also includes the neighboring settlement of Hamrabyrgi . Irish monks may have lived on the nearby islet of Baglhólmur in the 7th century .
Population development
| year | Residents |
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| 1834 | 13 |
| 1906 | 40 |
| 1970 | 22nd |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 |
geography
At the bay Víkarfjørður south of the Vágsfjord lie the villages Víkarbyrgi and Hamrabyrgi, which are separated by a stream.
At the entrance to the bay is the 0.8 hectare Baglhólmur, one of the eleven spars of the Faroe Islands . Both villages can be reached by car from Víkarbyrgisvegur Street.
history
It is believed that the name of Baglhólmur is one of the few Celtic testimonies of the Irish monks who colonized the Faroe Islands before the Vikings . Bachall is Celtic for crosier . It is believed that Celts lived on Baglhólmur before the Vikings came to the Faroe Islands. The legend tells that the last Irish monks holed up on the island after the arrival of the Vikings before they sailed back to Ireland in their fur boats .
Before the plague ravaged the Faroe Islands in the Middle Ages , the twin town was one of the largest places on Suðuroy. She owned a church and a churchyard, the remains of which can still be seen today. Especially near the river you can see many foundation walls and stone walls from the Middle Ages.
In 1349 all the inhabitants of the village died of the plague , except for a woman named Sneppan. Because of the long isolation during the plague, she refused any contact with other people. So that she did not have to starve to death, men from the neighboring town of Sumba let dried meat down to her from a ledge. A piece of land in Hamrarbyrgi bears the name "Snepputoftin" after her.
In 1830 the place was repopulated. One of the people at the time, the farmer Jógvan Hansen, lived just below the hamar ("rocky outcrop"). Nobody has lived in the village all year round since the 1980s. Today Víkarbyrgi is only inhabited in the summer months. In 1977 Víkarbyrgi was the last village on the South Island to be connected to the road network. Nevertheless, the last two residents left the village in 1998. From 2005 to 2007 the place was inhabited by two people again, but since 2007 only by one.
hike
The area around the place is considered to be particularly beautiful and is ideal for hiking. There are many ruins from the Middle Ages here .
Web links
- Private homepage about Víkarbyrgi (Danish, basis of this article) (archived)