Haukadalur (Dalabyggð)

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The Haukadalur is located in the municipality Dalabyggð in the west of Iceland in the region Vesturland .

geography

Haukadalur is located southeast of Búðardalur and south of Mount Vatnsfjall . It extends from east to west between the Miðdalur and Laxárdalur valleys . Lake Haukadalsvatn lies in the background of the valley covered by vegetation . Only remnants are left of the large forests that once existed here. However, efforts are being made to reforest.

history

The Haukadalur valley formed its own municipality until 1994. It has belonged to Dalabyggð ever since .

Culture and sights

Eiríksstaðir

Eiríksstaðir open air museum

In the southern Haukadalur, east of the lake Haukadalsvatn , there was probably the court of the Viking Erik the Red (Isl. Eirik Rauður ), who founded the Viking settlements in Greenland . The presumed discoverer of America, Leifur Eiríksson, was born here.

Here you can find an open-air museum about Erik the Red on the presumed grounds of his former farm. A reconstructed long house in the style of the Viking Age (cf. Stöng ) invites you to visit, in summer with people in Viking costumes.

traffic

A rough jeep track leads from the inside of the valley over the mountains, where it meets the Hringvegur on the Holtavörðuheiði .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon (eds.): Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, p. 190.
  2. ↑ cf. z. B. Haukadalshreppur: Skógræktin fær Laxaborg að gjöf. In: Morgunblaðið. February 7, 1991 (Icelandic); Accessed August 9, 2011
  3. ↑ cf. also: Nýtingaráætlun: Laxaborg í Dalabyggð. ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2015 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. In: Skógrækt ríkisins. July 1, 2010 (Icelandic); Accessed August 9, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skogur.is
  4. ↑ See Eiríksstaðir website ; Accessed August 9, 2011

Coordinates: 65 ° 3 ′ 22.3 "  N , 21 ° 30 ′ 42.9"  W.