Geirangerstrasse
The Geirangerstraße ( Norwegian Geirangervegen ) is a well-known mountain road in Norway .
It is part of the Norwegian county road 63 and connects the end of the Geirangerfjord located at sea level location Geiranger with the Riksvei 15 to which it of the mountain lake at the eastern end Langvatnet hits. The highest point of the approximately 24 km long road is at an altitude of 1038 meters. The road is of great tourist importance and is one of Norway's national tourist routes .
description
The road leads from the center of Geiranger in the municipality of Stranda past the church of Geiranger in a south-easterly direction. It then winds its way up the mountain slopes over narrow serpentines . She passes the historical Knuten street loop . In the mountains, it reaches the west bank of Lake Djupvatnet and its highest point at Djupvasshytta on the Dalsnibba pass . From here the Nibbevegen branches off to the north on the Dalsnibba . The Geirangerstraße then continues east along the north shore of the lake. It then reaches the border between the Norwegian provinces of Møre og Romsdal and Innlandet . The Geirangerstraße then runs about 2.5 kilometers further east through the municipality of Skjåk along the northern shore of the Langvatnet lake to meet Riksvei 15 at its eastern end. As the crow flies, the starting and ending points are about 14 kilometers apart.
history
As early as the 15th century, there was a mountain road from Geiranger to Lom that was used in the summer months . During the 1850s, trade across the route had increased. Pickling, birch bark, falcons, grain, leather and tar were delivered from Lom to Geiranger and in the opposite direction iron, fish, herring, salt and textiles. There were then plans for the expansion of the road, especially driven by Hans Hagerup Krag . In the summer of 1879, 300 workers and 30 tourists were counted on the route. On November 29, 1881, work began above Geiranger in the Hole area . In 1882 the knot required to overcome steep differences in altitude was built. On September 14, 1887, the 21-kilometer route from Geiranger to the provincial border in Innlandet was completed. On August 15, 1889, a carriage came from Lillehammer to Geiranger for the first time by land .
A model of the road between Geiranger and Lake Djupvatn was awarded a gold medal and diploma at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 . The model is now in the Norsk Fjordsenter in Geiranger.
In 2002 the street was designated as a national tourist route. The mountain section near Geiranger has been included in the Norwegian road protection program.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gertrude M. Marsh, Geiranger , Norsk Fjordsenter Geiranger, 2004, ISBN 82-519-1963-0 , page 65
- ^ Gertrude M. Marsh, Geiranger , Norsk Fjordsenter Geiranger, 2004, ISBN 82-519-1963-0 , page 66 ff.
- ^ Gertrude M. Marsh, Geiranger , Norsk Fjordsenter Geiranger, 2004, ISBN 82-519-1963-0 , page 70 f.
- ^ Gertrude M. Marsh, Geiranger , Norsk Fjordsenter Geiranger, 2004, ISBN 82-519-1963-0 , page 72
- ↑ Gertrude M. Marsh, Geiranger , Norsk Fjordsenter Geiranger, 2004, ISBN 82-519-1963-0 , page 78 f.
Coordinates: 62 ° 5 ′ 42.1 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 19.7 ″ E