Oddi (Rangárþing ytra)
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 46 ′ N , 20 ° 24 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Iceland | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | IS-8 | ||
| local community | Rangárþing ytra | ||
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Oddi is a small place in the south of Iceland . It is located in the Rangárvellir district in the Rangárþing ytra municipality . Since the adoption of Christianity in 1000 there has been a church with a parsonage.
geography
The place is in the west of the municipality Rangárþing ytra , south of the place Hella and north of the river Þverá .
Name and choice of location
oddi is the Icelandic word for a headland , here the headland between the rivers Ytri- and Eystri-Rangá, on which the place is located.
history
The place was the headquarters of one of the most powerful families in Iceland in the High Middle Ages, the Oddaverjar .
Its most famous representative is Sæmundur Sigfússon , called Fróði (the scholar) (1056–1133). He was an extremely educated priest who is said to have studied in France. He is credited with contributing to the creation of the Elder Edda and a history of the Norwegian kings. Many legends and folk tales are entwined with him and his shrewdness, with which he is said to have even defeated the devil several times.
His grandson Jón Loftsson (1124–1197) , who was also living in Oddi, was no less well known . He was known for both his political influence and his erudition and peacefulness. Snorri Sturluson was raised by him.
In the Middle Ages, Oddi was considered a center of education and learning. The school there enjoyed an outstanding reputation.
Some of the local priests and pupils later became bishops of Skálholt , such as Páll Jónsson or Þorlákur Þórhallsson .
The poet Matthías Jochumsson also worked as a priest in Oddi.
Church today
Today's wooden church dates from 1924 and has 100 seats. Some old church treasures are in the church, the most important of which is a chalice from 1300. The altar panel from 1895 shows Jesus in the garden of Getsemane.
Nature reserve
To the west of the hamlet is the Oddaflóð nature reserve (568 ha), a wetland with many bird breeding grounds, which was placed under nature protection in 1994.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ HU Schmid: Dictionary Icelandic - German. Buske, Hamburg, 2001, 172
- ↑ a b c Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 2. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, 754f.
- ↑ http://www.ust.is/einstaklingar/nattura/fridlyst-svaedi/sudurland/oddaflod/ Umverfisstofnun; Accessed September 4, 2012