Helgafell (Helgafellssveit)
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| height | 73 m | |
| location | in the west of Iceland | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 2 '34 " N , 22 ° 43' 40" W | |
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| rock | basalt | |
 Church with churchyard on Helgafell |
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The Helgafell is a hill 73 m high and is located in western Iceland on the Snæfellsnes peninsula . It is located about four kilometers south of the city of Stykkishólmur in the municipality of Helgafellssveit .
Surname
The name means Holy Mountain in German . The name comes from pagan times and refers to the place of a Viking shrine , which is why there are so many mountains with this name in Iceland.
history
Þórólfur Mostraskegg , the first settler in this area in 884, considered the Helgafell to be a sacred mountain that nobody should see unwashed and on which nobody, including animals, should be killed. He believed that he and his relatives would enter the mountain after they died. Later, Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir , the main character of the Laxdæla saga , had a church built on Helgafell and lived there as a hermit until her death . Guðrún is buried near the present church. In 1184 the Augustinian monastery was moved from the island of Flatey to the Helgafell. Remnants of ruins can still be seen.
Superstition
Popular belief says that when you climb Helgafell for the first time you have three wishes, and you have to go up from the grave of Guðrún. You shouldn't turn around, talk or talk to anyone about your wishes.
See also
- Geography of Iceland
- Volcanoes in Iceland
- List of mountains and elevations in Iceland
- Helgafell (disambiguation)
Web links
- Helgafell on www.nat.is ( Engl .)
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Hermann: Iceland in the past and present , III. Part: Second journey across Iceland , Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 134
- ↑ a b Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Reykjavík (Örn og Örlygur) 1989, p. 164
- ^ Paul Hermann: Iceland in the past and present , III. Part: Second journey across Iceland , Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1910, p. 141