Kollafjørður

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The place Kollafjørður on the fjord of the same name viewed from Oyggjarvegur . The Oyggjarvegur is an old main road that runs through the Streymoy mountains from Tórshavn to Vestmanna .
Location of Kollafjørður in the Faroe Islands

Kollafjørður [ ˈkɔtlaˌfjøːɹʊɹ ] ( Danish name : Kollefjord ) is a place in the Faroe Islands on the island of Streymoy .

Location data and location

The place Kollafjørður is located on the fjord of the same name and extends on its north side over a length of about 8 kilometers. This makes Kollafjørður the longest village on the Faroe Islands. Administratively, the place belongs to the capital municipality of Tórshavn . In 2016, 761 people lived in the village of Kollafjørður itself and a total of 940 people if you include the two neighboring villages of Oyrareingir and Signabøur . The postal code of Kollafjørður is FO-410.

past and present

Kollafjørður is first mentioned in writing in Jarðarbókin from 1584, where the place appears under the Danish name Koldefiord . At least since the Middle Ages there has been a local thing site, the so-called Várting . One of the ten Faroese wooden churches is located in the village . It dates from 1837.

The well-known Faroese farmer and poet Jens Christian Djurhuus (1773-1853) lived in the district við Sjógv (by the sea) and is therefore also called Sjóvarbóndin (the sea builder).

Although the place historically belongs to Nordstreymoy, the municipality ( Kollafjarðar kommuna ) , which was independent until 2001, with the places Kollafjørður, Signabøur and Oyrareingir was incorporated into the capital municipality of Tórshavn ( municipality : Tórshavnar kommuna ).

Kollafjørður has seen a significant population decline over the past 25 years. While 930 people lived in the village in 1989, the number was only 734 in 2014. However, the number of inhabitants has increased slightly again in the last two years. The main line of business is the fishing industry. There is a fishing port and fish processing facilities on site. Furthermore, the Faroe Islands' agricultural research station ( Royndarstøðin ) is located in Kollafjørður , as well as a factory that produces window panes and mirror glass.

The place also has its own sports club, which is abbreviated to KÍF. The club operates a handball, volleyball and rowing department. The historical connection to the Sundalag in the northern part of the island is still reflected today in the so-called Sundalagsstevna , a rowing competition that takes place annually alternately in summer in Hósvík , Hvalvík or Kollafjørður.

The bank robbery of Kollafjørður

In January 1985 the first known bank robbery on the Faroe Islands took place in Kollafjørður . Two perpetrators asked for all of the money from the local bank and escaped. The police first had to move from neighboring Tórshavn and, due to inexperience, decided not to block the road, so that the perpetrators probably approached them by car without being recognized.

Despite the anonymous structures on the island, the police felt in the dark for a long time and requested reinforcements from Copenhagen . They only knew the height of the suspects. A nonconformist in question was first arrested , but he had to show an alibi in the form of a swimming pool ticket.

One of the two perpetrators was eventually arrested while giving out the loot. When he bought a video recorder that cost 3,000 kroner , he only paid with 10 kroner bills, as he had received all the small bills when he shared the booty.

Warm water springs in Kollafjørður

Kollafjørður hit the headlines in the summer of 2014 when two boreholes in the á Lygnnesi district of 165 m and 200 m respectively came up with water up to 26.2 ° C. The most productive of the two boreholes emitted 33 tons of water per hour. Local geologists were surprised and searched for an explanation for this natural phenomenon in the time that followed.

photos

  • Kollafjørdur viewed from Sornfelli .

  • Kollafjørður in winter.

  • Kollafjørður Church from 1837.

  • Kollafjørður Church in winter.

  • The three villages at the end of the fjord: Oyrareingir on the left, Signabøur on the right and Kollafjørður in the background.

Personalities

See also

Web links

Commons : Kollafjørður  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kollafjørður , torshavn.fo (in Faroese)
  2. ↑ Hvussu gomul er bygdin , heimabeiti.fo (in Faroese)
  3. ↑ When Jarðarbókin 1584 the royal estates is the oldest directory on the Faroe Islands. In Danish it is called Kronens jordebog for 1584 . The original title of the document kept in the Danish Imperial Archives in Copenhagen is: " Jordbog aff Fero paa alle Øers Jndkomst paa Kongelig Maiestætts wegne aff Aar MDLXXXIIII ".
  4. ↑ On page 46: " Koldefiord "
  5. ↑ On page 236: Frágreiðing um kommunurnar - 3.26 · Kollafjarðar kommuna . tinganes.fo (in Faroese). Archived from the original on June 12, 2013.
  6. ↑ Fólkið skift á kyn, aldur og bygd January 1st (1985-2016) , statbank.hagstova.fo (in Faroese)
  7. ↑ Royndarstøðin ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2016 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. , bunadarstovan.fo @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bunadarstovan.fo
  8. ^ Atlanticpane , atlanticpane.fo
  9. ↑ Kollafjarðar Ítróttarfelag - KÍF , isf.fo
  10. ↑ Sundalagsstevna , torshavn.fo
  11. ↑ Heita vatnið í Kollafirði er framvegis ein gáta , kvf.fo, July 6, 2014

Coordinates: 62 ° 7 ′  N , 6 ° 54 ′  W