Haukadalur
Coordinates: 64 ° 19 ′ N , 20 ° 18 ′ W
The Haukadalur ("valley of the birds of prey", South Iceland) is a valley with a high temperature area north of the Laugarvatn at the foot of the mountain Laugarfjall around the active volcanic system of the Great Geyser. It is located in the municipality of Bláskógabyggð .
Spring spring and high temperature area
The high-temperature system at the foot of the Laugarfjall rhyolite dome has a variety of hot springs, including a. the geysers , the Great Geyser and Strokkur , which are part of the Golden Circle and are among the most famous tourist attractions in Iceland. However, only Strokkur erupts regularly at least every 10 minutes, the Great Geyser only irregularly. There are also a variety of smaller hot springs , e.g. B. the kieselguhr-containing and therefore very blue Blesi .
history
In the 1890s, the farmer Sigurður Pálsson, the owner of the area, tried to sell it to the Icelandic government. His application was rejected in the summer of 1893. At the same time, the young James Craig , later 1st Viscount Craigavon, visited the geyser area and made friends with Sigurður. Following government rejection, Craig bought the property on April 9, 1894 for £ 100. His father, who had become rich by making whiskey in Belfast, disapproved of the "nonsensical" purchase, so he bought the property for one in July 1894 gave back a small amount to his relative Elliott Rogers . His nephew Hugh Charles Innes Rogers later inherited it and immediately tried to sell it. The Icelandic entrepreneur Sigurdur Jónasson , director of the state tobacco monopoly, bought the area for ISK 8000 and bequeathed it to the Icelandic people in August 1935:
“ It is my firm belief that the government should own a treasure like Geysir, primarily because the government must take steps to protect Geysir from intrusion and to convert it into a national park. "
Haukadalur rectory
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The Haukadalur rectory, abandoned at the beginning of the 21st century, was considered one of the most important centers of learning in Iceland in the Middle Ages.
The upper class liked to send their sons there to study and later to have pastors, some even bishops.
According to folklore, the friendly troll Bergþór , who was friends with the local farmer and who lived and died in a cave in Mount Bláfell , is buried in the churchyard .
Haukadalsskógur forest area
At the small church, which is located on the site of the famous parish churches of the Middle Ages, there are extensive forests, which are among the largest contiguous wooded areas in Iceland.
The forest was founded in the late 1930s by the Dane Kristian Kirk, who planted , among other things, blue firs and Sitka spruces from Alaska and Siberia. In 1940 he donated the 1,600 ha area to the Icelandic Forestry Administration as state property.
See also
- Volcanoes in Iceland
- List of waterfalls in Iceland
- List of cities in Iceland
- Education system in Iceland
Web links
To the high temperature area
- Haukadalur in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- (on the volcanic manifestations) ( Memento from December 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
- Photo: simultaneous eruption of Geysir and Strokkur
- The hot springs in Haukadalur
To the Haukadalsskógur forest
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guðmundur Magnússon: The Gift of Geyser . In: Atlantica - Iceland Review. June / July 2014 edition, pp. 38–41
- ↑ Such as the Bishop of Skálholt Þorlákur Runólfsson ;
- ↑ cf. also the homepage of the state forest administration ( Skógræktar ríkisins ) on the Haukadalsskógur ( memento of the original from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Saga jarðarinnar) Retrieved July 28, 2010
- ^ Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Pétur Þorleifsson: Íslensk fjöll. Gönguleiðir á 151 tind. Reykjavík 2004, p. 30
- ↑ Homepage of the state forest administration ( Skógræktar ríkisins ) on Haukadalsskógur ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 28, 2010
