Hoydalar

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The Hoydalsá brook flows through the middle of Hoydalar and forms the border between Tórshavn and Hoyvík (now incorporated). The House of the North can be seen at the bottom left of the map . The built-up area is dark green. The pastureland is light green and the wood next to the school (above) is bright green.

Hoydalar ( Danish Højdal ) is the name of a valley between Hoyvík and the north of the Faroese capital Tórshavn . The Faroese name is plural and means "Heutäler".

The Hoydalsá brook flows through Hoydalar and forms the border between Tórshavn and Hoyvík. The family name Hoydal also comes from here.

The dative form of the name is Hoydølum (í Hoydølum = in Hoydalar).

The name Hoydalar is a synonym for the Føroya Studentaskúli , the oldest and largest grammar school in the Faroe Islands. Here is also one of the few forests in the Faroe Islands. In addition to this grammar school, there are also the grammar schools of Kambsdalur (on Eysturoy) and Vágur (on Suðuroy) on the Faroe Islands . Hoydalar was the first grammar school in the Faroe Islands in 1937 . Even today it is the most important stepping stone for higher education, for example at the University of Copenhagen or the University of the Faroe Islands .

The high school in Hoydalar has approx. 550 students in 26 classes. There are 76 teachers, seven of them for German. Special subjects such as fisheries economics, petroleum studies, business administration, computer science, astronomy, drama, and film and television studies are also offered. The language of instruction is Faroese (except for the foreign language subjects) .

Waterfall and nature reserve

The Svartifossur is a waterfall in Hoydalar.

The Svartifossur waterfall is located in Hoydalar . It is located 2 km north of the old town of Tórshavn in the Hoydalsá stream, which flows through Hoydalar and is the old border between the town of Tórshavn and the farming village of Hoyvík. It can be impressive after heavy rain, but in summer after a long period of drought, the amount of water in the stream and waterfall is low. Then the rock face behind the waterfall is black (Faroese: svartur ), which is where its name comes from. There are photographs of the waterfall around 100 years old, and these show that it has not changed much over the years. But the large stones in the creek below the waterfall prove that it looked different in prehistoric times.

In this area there were peat soils , where in earlier times the people of Tórshavn cut peat as fuel. On Sundays it was customary to walk here to enjoy the beautiful nature. Right next to the waterfall you can also see the old sheep pen that the farmer from Húsagarði used at the time.

Later on, the city grew past Svartifossur so that it is now in the village. However, the municipality of Tórshavn has designated the area around Svartifossur and Hoydalsá as a nature reserve in the zoning plan. Paths have also been laid out so that it is now easy to walk in this scenic area.

Web links

Commons : Hoydalar  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

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  1. While the Faroese name is translated as “Heutäler”, Højdal in Danish means “high valley”. This is probably explained by a phonetic mix-up, since hoy (fär. “Hay”) and høj (Danish “high”) are homophonic . In any case, “Heutal” would mean “Hødal” in Danish, and “high valleys” would be “Hádalar” in Faroese. The (outdated) Danish form of the name is documented in: Listi yvir staðanøvn í Føroyum . Copenhagen 1960. p. 24
  2. Wiktionary: dalur
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