Ljungan

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Ljungan
Course of the Ljungan

Course of the Ljungan

Data
location Jämtlands län , Västernorrlands län ( Sweden )
River system Ljungan
source east of the Sylan
muzzle south of Sundsvall in the Gulf of Bothnia Coordinates: 62 ° 18 ′ 19 ″  N , 17 ° 22 ′ 49 ″  E 62 ° 18 ′ 19 ″  N , 17 ° 22 ′ 49 ″  E
Mouth height 0  m o.h.

length 399 km
Catchment area 12,851.1 km²
Drain MQ
 140 m³ / s
Left tributaries Arån
Flowing lakes Börtnessjön
The Ljungan near Fränsta

The Ljungan near Fränsta

The Ljungan is a 399 km long river in Sweden that flows through the historic provinces of Härjedalen , Jämtland and Medelpad . Its catchment area amounts to 12,851 km². The source of the Ljungan rises east of the Sylan . From there it flows northeast to Helagsfjäll and finally on to its mouth on the Gulf of Bothnia , near the town of Sundsvall . Up to its mouth, the Ljungan is fed by numerous tributaries on both sides and also flows through some large lakes. There are also several hydropower plants on the river. The upper part of Ljungan, especially between Kalfjäll and Ljungdalen, is a popular leisure and tourist destination, especially for canoeing and kayaking .

etymology

In a parchment document from 1412, a fishery / fisherman from the Haverö parish in Norrtälje is mentioned for the first time. According to the document, the fishery was called Oghnaroos . The final syllable -os means something like estuary or connection . The -ar in the middle is actually a genitive ending syllable , which in this case indicates the location of the fishery on the Oghn River . From this old syllable -ar the Swedish words å (German: stream / river / waters) and älv (German: river) developed. Both words are also related to the German syllable Ache .

The old Norse word Oghn or Ógn means something like fear, fear or horror, which occurs in the word Ljungan in the final syllable -gan in a modified form. Taking into account the name of the fishery from the document and the word Ljungan , it was concluded that the river Oghn must be the Ljungan . The Ljungan was first mentioned in a document in 1412 and means, for example, the terrible or the fertile .

Since the name Ljungan originated over centuries, it cannot be assumed that it is related to the Swedish words Ljung ( heather / heather ) or Ljungeld (lightning) and therefore does not mean anything like the shining river or the like.

geography

The source of the Ljungan is east of the Sylan , in the Swedish highlands on the border with Norway . As far as the Baltic Sea , 46 larger rivers (and their tributaries) flow into the Ljungan. It also flows through numerous lakes.

Tributaries

The tributaries are listed from the source to the sea. The names in brackets are the Norwegian names of the rivers.

Lakes

The Ljungan flows through eleven larger lakes, including Havern , the largest lake in the historic Medelpad province . The lakes, like the rivers, are listed in the order in which they occur from the source to the sea.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sveriges Meteorologiska och Hydrologiska Institut (SMHI) - Län och huvudavrinningsområden i Sverige (PDF; 2.5 MB).
  2. ↑ Vattendragsregister (SMHI) - (PDF)
  3. ↑ Elof Hellquist: Ljungan . In: Svensk etymologisk ordbok . 1st edition. CWK Gleerups förlag, Berlingska boktryckerie, Lund 1922, p. 416 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).