Brúarfoss

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Brúarfoss
The Brúarfoss

The Brúarfoss

Coordinates 64 ° 15 '52.2 "  N , 20 ° 30' 59.4"  W Coordinates: 64 ° 15 '52.2 "  N , 20 ° 30' 59.4"  W.
Brúarfoss (Iceland)
Brúarfoss
place Southurland , Iceland
height 5 m
Number of fall levels 2
flow BrúaráHvítá

The Brúarfoss ( Eng . "Bridge Waterfall") is a waterfall in the south of Iceland .

The Brúará falls here in two stages by a total of 5 m. Below the waterfall there is a footbridge over the river. It is located about 3 km north of Laugarvatnsvegurs S37 . Between the Brúarfoss and the road there are still the Miðfoss and the Hlauptungufoss.

legend

Near the Brúarfoss, around 3 km north of today's bridge, there is said to have been a natural stone arch over the river that gave it its name. In 1602, according to a legend, on the orders of the Skálholt estate manager, the arch was destroyed to cut off the path to the village for beggars. A little later, the land manager is said to have drowned himself in the Brúará.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Bruarfoss (Laugarvatn). Retrieved March 12, 2019 .
  2. Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: Iceland. 3rd updated and revised edition. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-89953-115-9 , pp. 287f.