Rakkestad

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Rakkestad
Rakkestad (Norway)
Rakkestad
Rakkestad
Basic data
Commune number : 3016
Province  (county) : Viken
Administrative headquarters: Rakkestad
Coordinates : 59 ° 25 ′  N , 11 ° 21 ′  E Coordinates: 59 ° 25 ′  N , 11 ° 21 ′  E
Height : 100 moh.
Surface: 434.71 km²
Residents: 8,255  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 19 inhabitants per km²
Language form : Bokmål
Postal code : 1890
Structure: Rakkestad, Degernes
Website:
traffic
Railway connection: Østfoldbanen
politics
Mayor : Karoline Fjeldstad  ( Ap ) (2019)
Location in the province of Viken
Location of the municipality in the province of Viken

Rakkestad is a Norwegian municipality in the province ( Fylke ) Viken . It consists of the districts Degernes, Os and Rakkestad. Degernes and Rakkestad were merged into today's municipality in 1964.

Rakkestad is one of the largest agricultural communities in Norway. The economy is characterized by grain cultivation, cattle and dairy farming, grain silos, mills and wood processing. The highest mountain in the municipality is the Linekleppen (325 moh).

history

At Høgnipen in Degernes, a former fishing settlement, some of the oldest stone-age finds in Norway have been made, including stone tools that are 11,000 years old. There are also 3000 year old rock carvings. The name Rakkestad is supposed to be derived from the name of a farm and its owner Rakki .

1,424 residents chased the Vogt Hermann Molteke (from a German family) from his Lehn in Rakkestad. This did not happen because he was of German descent, but because of his legal violations, as a received letter to King Erik shows: He arrested Hermann Krus at home, brought him out of the district in handcuffs and confiscated his property. He also imprisoned his pregnant wife from spring to autumn until the day she was supposed to give birth. He also had another resident arrested and his wife was beaten so that she never recovered completely, took his money and took it out of the district. He stole eight yards of cloth from another woman. He illegally took a box from another resident without a judgment. He also attacked the pastor armed. That's why they chased him away and they threatened to leave the district if he came back again. [Diplomatarium Norvegicum II, No. 681 of June 1, 1424]

traffic

Rakkestad was connected to the eastern part of the Østfoldbane ( Ski - Mysen - Sarpsborg ) in 1862 . Rakkestad is connected to Mysen and Halden via RV 22, Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad via RV 111 and Aremark and Askim via RV 124 .

Storgaten main street from Rakkestad

Attractions

  • Rakkestad Agricultural and Local History Museum with a courtyard from the 18th century
  • Heimatfrontmuseum ( Hjemmefrontmuseet ), founded in 1983, with civil and military exhibits from the time of the Second World War
  • Mill park with restored sawmill and mill
  • Linekleppen, a fire watchtower has been located on the 325 meter high mountain since 1908

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning