Grotli
Grotli is a village in Skjåk municipality in the Norwegian province of Innlandet .
location
It is located at an altitude of about 900 meters in the Scandinavian mountains . In the village is the starting point of the touristically important mountain road Gamle Strynefjellsvegen , which meets Riksvei 15 from the south . The village is laid out as a scattered settlement. The central and largest building is Hotel Grotli Høyfjellshotell at Riksvei 15 . The small mountain lake Stalltjønne is located southwest of the village . A little further west is the large lake Breiddalsvatnet , southeast of the Grotlivatnet .
history
The name of the place goes back to the old Norwegian word Grjot ( German stone ). For several centuries there was a stone shelter here, which provided protection for those traveling through the mountains. In 1870 the shelter was extended to the refuge when the road leading from Skjåk west to Stryn and Geiranger was built. A state mountain inn was created. In 1894 the Gamle Strynefjellsvegen, which leads south, was opened. Grotli had a function as a hub. A post office, a switchboard and a transfer option between bus lines were created. In 1896 the Norwegian writer Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson stayed at the mountain inn . From 1903 to 1905, today's Hotel Grotli Høyfjellshotell was built, which was later expanded and now has 125 beds in 53 rooms and a restaurant. The Siamese King Chulalongkorn stayed in the hotel in 1907 .
In 1940 a German military aircraft was shot down near the village during World War II . The film Into the White , shot in 2012, focuses on history.
literature
- Michael Möbius, Annette Ster, DuMont Travel Guide Guide Norway , Mair Dumont 2016, ISBN 978-3-7701-7982-4 , page 308.
Web links
- Hotel website
- Grotli in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ History on www.grotli.no ( Memento of the original from December 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 62 ° 1 ′ N , 7 ° 38 ′ E