Bjørnfjell
| Bjørnfjell | ||
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 Cottages near Bjørnfjell train station, |
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| height | 761 moh. | |
| location | Border between Norway ( Nordland province ) / Sweden | |
| Coordinates | 68 ° 26 '57 " N , 18 ° 5' 13" E | |
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 Sunrise over Bjørnfjell |
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Bjørnfjell ( North Sami : Bonjovárri , German word meaning Bärenberg ) also Bjørnfjellet is a 761 moh. high mountain in the Norwegian municipality of Narvik around 12 kilometers east of the city center, as well as the namesake of the scattered settlement at its foot . It is located in Fylke Nordland , about 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle .
The European route E10 has passed Bjørnfjell since 1992 . The highest point of Bjørnfjell is also on the stretch of this European route , at around 520 meters above sea level. The stretch of the European route at Bjørnfjell is not open all year round, but is occasionally closed for a short time in bad winter weather. Bjørnfjell is on the border with Sweden , where the next town Riksgränsen is on the Swedish side of the border . The border crossing there is one of the largest in Northern Norway and is very popular in this region for buying cheaper goods and alcohol in Sweden. During the German attack on Norway there was heavy fighting between German units and Norwegian armed forces in Bjørnfjell from April to June 1940 . Later, the German side set up a prisoner of war camp in Bjørnfjell , where 283 Yugoslav prisoners of war are said to have died.
Bjørnfjell train station
The place Bjørnfjell located on the Ofotbanen , the railway line Narvik - Kiruna - Luleå , which he also received a rail connection. Bjørnfjell stop (Bjørnefjell gamle) opened on May 1, 1912 and closed on November 27, 1955. Bjørnfjell service station , where trains can cross, was opened on October 1, 1925 to shorten the block distance. Bjørnfjell stop was 3.9 kilometers in the direction of Narvik from Bjørnfjell service station. With the closure of the Bjørnfjell stop , the passenger stop was relocated to the Bjørnfjell service station, making it a train station . Bjørnfjell railway station is at an altitude of 514 meters above sea level.
Web links
- Bjørnfjell station at jernbaneverket.no (norw.)
- Norsk Jernbaneklubb Railway Station Database; Bjørnfjell (nye)
- Norsk Jernbaneklubb Railway Station Database; Gamle (Bjørnfjell)
- Norsk Jernbaneklubb Railway Station Database; riksgrensen (Bjørnfjell)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lantmäteriets Fjällkarta DB6 Abisko-Kebnekaise-Narvik 2006 edition
- ↑ Official hunting and fishing card "Ofoten, Lofoten og Vesteralen" 1: 250,000 No. 5087 Edition 2001
- ↑ Norsk Nettskole ( Memento of 11 April 2008 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Vindmøller truer krigsminne ( Memento from October 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Roy Owen Norwegians Railways , p. 118