Kragerø (city)
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| Country | Norway | ||||
| Province (fylke) | Vestfold and Telemark | ||||
| Municipality (commune) : | Kragerø | ||||
| Coordinates : | 58 ° 52 ' N , 9 ° 25' E | ||||
| Residents : | 5,446 (January 1, 2013) | ||||
| Area : | 3.13 km² | ||||
| Population density : | 1740 inhabitants per km² | ||||
Kragerø is a small town in southern Norway on the Skagerrak coast in the province of Vestfold og Telemark . The place is the economic and administrative center of the municipality of Kragerø . In summer the city is strongly influenced by tourism.
Surname
The name is derived either from the Old Norse form "Krákarøy" of crows or ravens on the islands (øy means island) or from the Old Norse term "Krag" for cliffs and rocks.
geography
Kragerø is located in the typically hilly coastal landscape of southern Norway. At 153.8 m, the Storkollen is the highest point in the city. The stone man in the back of the old town reaches a height of 68 m. The highest point of the offshore island Øya in the south , whose name simply means island, is Veten at 51 m. The fjords of Bærøy and Kragerøfjord meet at Øya . Karlstadkilen is located in the northeast and northwest of the city. It is divided into the bays of Ytre Kalstadkilen and Indre Kalstadkilen .
The city of Kragerø is mostly located on a peninsula in the archipelago. The Holm Gunnarsholmen , like Øya, is part of the urban area. The center of Kragerø is on the southeast coast of the peninsula. In the north is the Lona district, in the southwest Bjønebyen and in the far west Karlstad.
South of the Lona district is the Holmmyra wetland with the Kalstadtjenna lake . It is part of the 12.5 hectare Frydensborg animal and plant protection area . A 4.7 hectare nature reserve, which was established in June 2006, lies on the southern slopes of Storkollens. It consists mainly of coniferous and mixed forest .
history
Kragerø was an up-and-coming coastal town in the 17th century, which was subject to the town charter of skiing. All public facilities and privileges were incumbent on the city, which is about 60 km away. With the up-and-coming timber industry , Kragerø and the nearby town of Sannikedal became an important port of export. In the middle of the century, the Dutchman Gabriel Marselius built an iron mine at the gates of Kragerø that was generally only known under the name of Cragerøes Berckverk . In 1651 the place got its own church. The distrust of the city of Skien grew and Kragerø wanted its independence. Nils Søfrensen, at that time the most powerful man in Kragerø, managed to get admitted to the royal court in Copenhagen thanks to his good contacts, including with Norway's governor Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve . There he made the request for the town charter of Kragerø and offered the king to build a galley with five cannons and give it to the crown. Then Kragerø received city rights on January 16, 1666. Until the 20th century the place was an important port of export, for this reason Kragerø was also the seat of a German consul.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Kragerø was one of the centers of natural ice export . In the vicinity of the city there were at least 35 production facilities for natural ice (ice ponds and ice dams) and in 1899 alone, ice was exported in a volume of 135,300 register tons. Trade went to Great Britain and France, as well as to Germany in warmer winters.
population
religion
In addition to the Evangelical Lutheran Kragerø Church, there is a Methodist Church and a Pentecostal Church . All three buildings are right next to each other.
sons and daughters of the town
- Theodor Kittelsen , painter
- Kirsten Heiberg , Norwegian-German singer and actress. Her grave is in the local cemetery.
- Knud Wefald , United States Congressman
- Turid Jørgensen, musician in the band Katzenjammer
Friends who worked on site
John William Edy
In 1800 the English painter John William Edy was in Norway among other things he visited Kragerø. Here the picture coastal town Town of Krageröe which 1,820 in the illustrated book Boydell's Picturesque Scenery of Norway was published.
Edvard Munch
After a nervous breakdown and a stay in a psychiatric clinic in Copenhagen , the painter Edvard Munch came to Kragerø in the summer of 1909. Until 1915 he lived temporarily in the coastal city. The works by Christian Gierløff and Skibsopphugging as well as numerous graphics were created here.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
The Norwegian county road 38 leads to Kragerø and forms together with the Norwegian county road 253 a ring within the city. There is a bridge connection to the islands of Øya and Gunnarsholm. The ferry connections to the islands start in Kragerø Bærøy , Langøy , Gumøy , Skåtøy , Tatoy and Jomfruland and after Stabbestad on the mainland south of the Kilfjords .
In the center of the city is the old station building of the disused Kragerøbanen . Between 1927 and 1988 it ran as a branch line of the Sørlandsbanen from Neslandsvatn via Sannikedal to the terminus at Kragerø. After the closure, the track sections within Kragerø were removed and converted into roads and cycle paths.
tourism
Tourism is an important industry in the summer months. The tourist information is located in the former station building in the center of the city.
media
The newspaper Kragerø Blad was founded in 1864 and appeared in two editions, høyre and venstre. In 1997 Orkla Media took over both newspapers and merged them one year later to form Kragerø Blad Vestmar . The Dragendal Blad from the same neighboring community was bought 1999th In 2006 Orkla Media became part of the British Mecom group. This now sold the newspaper under the Edda Media label . With a circulation of 4,577 copies in 2008, the newspaper appeared three times a week. At the end of 2011, A-pressen took over Edda Media .
education
In Kragerø there are several kindergartens as well as two primary schools, the Kragerø skole (grades 1–10) and the Karlstad skole (grades 1–7). The secondary school accommodates grades 9 to 11. There is also an art school, the Kragerø Kunstskole, in the city.
Culture and sights
Theaters and museums
- the Theodor Kittelsen House, located near the market; the house where the painter was born shows some of his works
- the Berg Stadtmuseum is located on the Berg estate , north of the city
- City hiking trail "Edvard Munch" with numerous information boards
Buildings
- the coastal fort Gunnarsholm , built in the 17th century to protect against pirates
- Dybedalsgruva - mine, it is part of Gea Norvegica Geoparks
Sports
There are several sports facilities in Kragerø, including a sports field and a gym. The Kragerø IF association promotes handball , football , skiing , gymnastics and general recreational sports . There is also a diving club . Football was introduced in Norway in 1885 and the first tournament was held in Kragerø.
Regular events
- Red Bull Cliff Diving - held for the fourth time at Øya in 2014
- Harbor festival
Individual evidence
- ↑ SSB. Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Oversikt over områder i Naturbase sorted on fylker and communer. (No longer available online.) In: Naturbase. Miljødirektoratet, archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; Retrieved July 12, 2014 (Norwegian). 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.
- ↑ Markslagstatistikk Storkollen nature reserve. (No longer available online.) In: Naturbase. Miljødirektoratet, archived from the original on September 3, 2014 ; Retrieved July 12, 2014 (Norwegian). 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.
- ↑ Krog Steffens: Kragerø By's Historie 1666–1916 Jubilæumsskrift . Grøndals & søns boktrykkeri, Kristiania 1916, p. 1-16 .
- ↑ Den siste istid i Kragerø. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ John William Edy. In: store norske leksikon. February 14, 2009, accessed July 22, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Kunsthistorisk bakgrunn / Lokalhistorisk vinkling. Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Munch liv - tidslinje. (No longer available online.) Munch museet, archived from the original on June 14, 2014 ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian). 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.
- ↑ Munch 150 år. Kragerø. (No longer available online.) Munch museet / Nasjonalmuseet, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Christian Gierloff. Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Skibsopphugging. Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Kragerøbanen. In: store norske leksikon. Retrieved August 27, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ^ Kragerø Blad Vestmar. In: store norske leksikon. Retrieved July 22, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ A-press overtar Edda Media. NRK, accessed July 22, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ KRAGERØ KUNSTSKOLE. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 13, 2014 ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian). 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.
- ↑ Dypedals Pit. Retrieved July 11, 2014 .
- ↑ Kragerø IF. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 8, 2014 ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian). 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.
- ↑ Kragerø Dykkeclub. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 1, 2015 ; Retrieved July 11, 2014 (Norwegian). 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.
- ↑ History - Kragerø. visitkragerø, accessed August 27, 2014 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Kragerø - Red Bull Cliff Diving returns to the Norwegian fjords of Kragerø in 2014. Accessed on July 11, 2014 .
