Kvívík
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position | 62 ° 7 ′ N , 7 ° 4 ′ W | |
Resident rank |
381 (2015) |
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Commune | Kvívíkar kommuna | |
Post Code | FO 340 | |
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Grammar dative (in / from ...) genitive (after ...) |
í / úr Kvívík |
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Kvívík [ ˈkʰvʊivʊik ] ( Danish name : Kvivig , in older sources also Quivig ) is a place and a municipality on the Faroe Islands . The place is on the west coast of the main island Streymoy .
history
Excavations of two long houses, one was a residential building and the other a stable, from 1941 onwards it was possible to prove that the place has been inhabited on the Faroe Islands since the Viking Age . Kvívík is one of the oldest places on the islands. Further excavations followed, where a whole range of objects were found that are now exhibited in the National Museum in Tórshavn . Spinning whorls , fishing gear, oil lamps and children's toys (horses and boats) show something about life during this time. Women's jewelry in the form of pearls was also found. Noteworthy is a women's shoe, the counterpart of which was found in Paris.
The stone church was consecrated on December 13, 1903 and replaced an old wooden church from 1838 , as it became too small in view of the increased population. Here on December 31, 1855, the newly appointed pastor VU Hammershaimb read from the Gospel - in Faroese , a scandal at the time, since Danish was the only church language. The poet Jógvan Dánialsson (Joen Danielsen), also known as Kvívíks-Jógvan or Kvívíkar Jógvan , learned to read the Faroese language from Kvívík from Hammershaimb . Among other things, around 1890 he wrote the now widely known 68-stanza Faroese ballad "Kópakvæðið". There is a legend about a farmer from Mikladalur who, on the thirteenth night , steals this skin and locks it away from a dancing and partying female seal who has transformed into a woman by shedding her fur. The female seal, transformed into a human being, who cannot go back into the sea without fur, is thereby bound to him and he takes her as a woman. In the end, however, the woman manages to get the fur back in an unguarded moment and she returns to the sea.
Personalities
- Jógvan Dánialsson (1843–1926), a Faroese poet.
- JP Gregoriussen (1845–1901), a Faroese poet
The municipality of Kvívík
The places Leynar , Skælingur , Stykkið and Válur / Nesið also belong to the "Kvívíker municipality" ( Kvívíkar kommuna ) . At the end of 2002 the municipality had a total of exactly 580 inhabitants. Kvívík is located south of the larger town of Vestmanna on both sides of a small bay and is divided by the Stórá stream .
photos
A horse as a children's toy from the Viking Age. It was carved out of driftwood, found during excavations in Kvívík in 1957 and is now in the National Museum in Tórshavn .
Web links
- kvivik.fo - Kvívík Municipality website
- Kvívík . Faroeislands.dk (English) information and photos
- Kvívíkar Kirkja . Folkakirkjan.fo (Faroese) - Church history
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kópakvæði ( Memento of the original from April 6, 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. (PDF) fotatradk.com
- ↑ Kópakvæði (PDF) fotatradk.com
- ^ IP Gregoriussen (1845-1901) , snar.fo