Fjærland
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| Country | Norway | ||||
| Province (fylke) | Vestland | ||||
| Municipality (commune) : | Sogndal | ||||
| Coordinates : | 61 ° 24 ' N , 6 ° 44' E | ||||
| Residents : | 300 (May 1, 2007) | ||||
| Height : | 11 moh. | ||||
Fjærland is a small western Norwegian town with around 300 inhabitants. It belongs to the municipality of Sogndal , which lies in the Fylke Vestland .
geography
Fjærland is located at the southern end of the Jostedalsbreen glacier . Two of its branches of the glacier (the Bøyabreen and the Supphellebreen) jut down into the valley in Fjærland. The village is also at the end of the Fjærlandsfjord , an arm of the Sognefjord , on the coast of which agriculture is carried out. In the valley area the climate is relatively warm and dry.
The place arose at the northern end of the delta, which is located at the exit of the Mundal, and has grown together with the place Mundal that was created at the southern end. The fjærland church (also Church Mundal) stands on the alluvial fan of coming out of the Mundal creek. The Hotel Mundal, built in Swiss style in 1891, is next to it . A little below is today's village center with harbor and ferry dock.
history
Fjærland belonged to what was then the municipality of Balestrand until 2000 , when it was incorporated into the municipality of Sogndal. These municipalities were in what was then the province of Sogn og Fjordane , which became part of the newly created Fylke Vestland on January 1, 2020 .
economy
The place is characterized by agriculture, tourism and book shops. Fjærland is a book village . The books are offered in small second-hand bookshops , totaling over 250,000 pieces. You are e.g. B. in former cattle sheds and boat houses, in the former bank and in the former waiting room of the car ferry.
In addition to the Book Village and the glaciers, Fjærland has the Norsk Bremuseum (Norwegian Glacier Museum ), which collects knowledge about snow, ice and glaciers and makes it accessible to the general public. It is currently also home to a multimedia exhibition on the subject of “climate change”, which is well worth seeing.
traffic
Until 1986, Fjærland was isolated from the traffic and only accessible by ferry. In 1986 Walter Mondale , who was Vice President of the USA from 1977 to 1981 and whose ancestors came from Fjærland, opened the tunnel and the road to Skei , which connects Fjærland with the northern region of Jølster . The place is connected to the road network via the Fjærland tunnel and Riksvei 5.
The ferry terminal is still approached by a tourist ferry in summer, and there are also occasional express boats, both operated by the transport company Fjord1 .
literature
- Bernd F. Meier: Bookworms live here. In the first book village in Scandinavia. In: Frankfurter Rundschau of October 4, 2014, p. A 4.
- Bernd F. Meier: 200,000 old books by the fjord. Novels and thrillers, travel books and cookbooks: the reading material stretches along four kilometers in Fjærland, Norway. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) from 21./22. June 2014, Supplement Boulevard, p. 7
gallery
Motor coach
Bøyabreen
Glacier Museum
Fjærlandsfjorden
Web links
- Information about Fjærland (English, Norwegian)
- Fjærland in Norway: 280 inhabitants and 200,000 books. Report and photos on Spiegel Online from July 23, 2014
Individual evidence
- ^ Fjærland. In: sognefjord.no. Retrieved May 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Svein Askheim: Fjærland . In: Store norske leksikon . February 9, 2020 (Norwegian, snl.no [accessed May 26, 2020]).
- ↑ Nye kommune- og fylkesnummer fra 2020. In: regjeringen.no . Kommunal-og moderniseringsdepartementet, October 27, 2017, accessed on May 26, 2020 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Norsk Bremuseum & Ulltveit-Moe senter for klimaviten. Norsk Bremuseum, accessed May 26, 2020 (Norwegian).