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| Country | Norway | ||||
| Province (fylke) | Troms and Finnmark | ||||
| Municipality (commune) : | Sør-Varanger | ||||
| Coordinates : | 69 ° 42 ' N , 29 ° 23' E | ||||
| Residents : | 250 | ||||
Recording ( Skoltsamisch : Njauddâm , North Sami : Njávdán, Finnish : Näätämö ) is a place in the municipality Sor-Varanger in Fylke Troms og Finnmark in the north-east of Norway with about 250 residents.
Location and traffic
The center of Neiden is located near the confluence of the Rv 893 (from Finland ) with the E 6 (between Kirkenes and Varangerbotn ), the bridge over the Skoltefossen waterfall in Neidenelv and the historic center of Skoltebyen .
history
Together with Näätämö , which is now in Finland , Neiden originally formed the westernmost Skoltsamian Siida . The original name of this Sami settlement is Njauddâm sijdd .
In 1852 the originally contiguous settlement was officially divided. This demarcation between Sweden-Norway on the one hand and the Grand Duchy of Finland, which belongs to Russia, on the other hand, hindered cross-border reindeer herding and fishing and made the traditional economy of the local population partially impossible.
In 1905 Norway became independent and the division of the originally coherent settlement area between Norway and Finland was fixed. The Finnish town of Näätämö and the Norwegian town of Neiden were created, separated by the state border.
During the Second World War and as a result of the occupation of Norway by the German Wehrmacht, Neiden was affected by the fighting between the German Wehrmacht and the Soviet troops. There was also a prisoner of war camp for Russian prisoners of war in Neiden.
population
Neiden has 250 inhabitants, including Sami, Finns (Kven) and Norwegians . While Neiden or its historic center Skoltebyen was the original settlement area of the Skolt seeds , the Kvenen immigrated to Northern Norway before 1945 and are of Finnish origin.
Sightseeing and tourism
The Äʹvv Skolt Sami Museum , which was completed in 2017, as well as the historical center and the cultural monument Skoltebyen with the small Orthodox St. George's Chapel emphasize the importance of the place for the Skolt Sami population. A second church, the Lutheran Chapel of Neiden , was built in 1902 and is the work of the Norwegian architect Karl Norum.
Which is located at the Neidenelv waterfall of Skoltefossen with his salmon ladder . The so-called Käpäla fishing, a type of net fishing introduced by Finnish immigrants, is practiced there. The salmon-rich Neidenelv ( Finnish Näätämöjoki ) flows for the most part through a completely lonely and inaccessible natural landscape and is popular with fly fishermen and paddlers .
Neiden is also a stopover in the annual Finnmarkssløpet sled dog race , which runs from Alta to Kirkenes.
There is a hotel with a restaurant right on the border with the Skoltebyen natural monument .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sidsel Vik, Erik Lieungh: Måtte grave hundrevis av lik. NRK, October 26, 2014, accessed November 9, 2017 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Geir Samuelsen, Erik Lieungh: Sergej ble "skutt under flukt" in Finnmark. In: NRK. NRK, January 29, 2014, accessed November 9, 2017 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Neiden Kapell. 2002, accessed November 9, 2017 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Neidenelvens Fiskefellesskap. 2017, Retrieved November 9, 2017 (Norwegian).
- ↑ Svein Askheim: Finnmarksløpet. September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017 (Norwegian).