Blankskáli

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Blankskáli in the southwest of the island of Kalsoy
Location of Blankaskáli in the Faroe Islands

Blankskáli [ ˈblaŋkˌskɔalɪ ], or Blankaskáli , is a deserted place on the island of Kalsoy , Faroe Islands .

Blankaskáli is located on the west coast in the far south of Kalsoy on Leirvíksfjørður , opposite the small town of Leirvík on the neighboring island of Eysturoy .

history

It is believed that the place was the first settlement on Kalsoy, partly because the conditions for growing grain were very good here. These favorable conditions were created by the sheltered, sunny south-west location by the high mountains. The Viking chief Tróndur í Gøtu , who held the entire rights of use for the island of Kalsoy, is associated with this first settlement, but there is no concrete evidence for this assumption. However, a closer relationship between the two places Gøta and Blankskáli has been documented for the later period.

Blankskáli was first mentioned in writing in 1584. At that time there were four houses here. The houses were

  • Suður í Stovu (Kongsstovan)
  • Miðstovan
  • Uttari í Húsi
  • Lykkershús

Remains of a prayer house ( bønhús ) were found south of the drinking water brook ( matará ). This building is very likely from the Catholic times, because nothing is known of a church in the village from the time after the Reformation . The residents of Blankskáli walked for an hour and a half over the Blankskálalíð and the Húsaeið to Húsar to the church. In the 18th century there was close contact between Blankskáli on Kalsoy and Gøta on Eysturoy, so that a number of family relationships date from this period.

In 1801 29 people lived in the village. A few years later, on April 9, 1809 , the place was hit by a snow avalanche, which did hardly any damage, but nevertheless terrified the residents enough to make them decide to relocate. They built Syðradalur on the other side of the island on the east coast between 1810 and 1816 .

The names of the houses and families moved with them to Syðradalur, where more houses were built over time. Nevertheless, a house was kept in Blankaskáli for about 100 years and was used for haymaking in the summer, which continued to take place. Arable farming was still practiced here in the 1960s because the climatic conditions are more favorable than in Syðradalur.

You can still see the ruins and the formerly cultivated land of Blankaskáli from Leirvík. From Syðradalur you can reach the spot by a difficult mountain hike.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blankskáli . faroestamps.fo. November 9, 2009. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hvussu gomul er bygdin , heimabeiti.fo (in Faroese)
  3. ↑ The place is listed in the Jarðarbókin from 1584 on page 5 under the Danish name "Blanckschaalle": " Jarðarbókin 1584 "
  4. ↑ Blankskáli - a Partur av Føroya SOGU . fiskimannafelag.fo. September 20, 2001. Archived from the original on July 12, 2002. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Kirkjusiðir í bygd uttan kirkju , folkakirkjan.fo
  6. ↑ Blankskáli - a Partur av Føroya SOGU . fiskimannafelag.fo. September 20, 2001. Archived from the original on July 12, 2002. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ Syðradalur , visitkalsoy.fo

Coordinates: 62 ° 14 ′  N , 6 ° 41 ′  W