Risør

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Risør municipality coat of arms
Risør (Norway)
Risør
Risør
Basic data
Commune number : 4201
Province  (county) : Agder
Administrative headquarters: Risør
Coordinates : 58 ° 43 '  N , 9 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 58 ° 43 '  N , 9 ° 13'  E
Surface: 192.97 km²
Residents: 6,809  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 35 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
Postal code : N 4952
Structure: Risør, Søndeled
Website:
politics
Mayor : Per Kristian Lunden  ( Ap ) (2011)
Location in the province of Agder
Location of the municipality in the province of Agder
Cityscape

Audio file / audio sample Risør ? / i is amunicipalityon thesouthern Norwegiancoast in the province (Fylke)Agder.

The name comes from the island Risøya (German: Reisig-Insel) off the coast. The small town is one of Europe's best-preserved wooden housing estates from the 19th century - in 1990 it received the prize for the most beautiful wooden town in the country. It owes its nickname the hvite by ved Skagerrak (German: "The white city on the Skagerrak ") to its creation during the great wood export boom in the Netherlands around 1500.

Until 1630 the place was the timber handling point for skis . When Kristiansand was built, the residents of Risør were supposed to be relocated there, but this failed due to popular resistance. Risør had higher customs revenues than Kristiansand in the 18th century. In 1723 Risør received city rights. During the war from 1808 to 1818 Risør was used for a large number of pirate trips . A large sailing fleet was stationed there, but it disappeared with the advent of steam shipping.

In 1861 a devastating fire destroyed all 248 houses. Risør was then rescheduled. The place kept its old name " Øster Riisøer " until 1905, after which "Risør" became the official name. In 1964, the formerly independent towns Risør and Søndeled were merged under the name Risør.

Søndeled is much older and arose from a traffic junction of the watercourse, fjord and land. The church of the district from 1150 was declared a local cultural monument in 1997.

Today around 3,500 people live in the Risør district. 136 km² of the communal area are forest, 6 km² are arable land.

particularities

  • Risør's Holy Spirit Church was built in 1647. The altarpiece was painted by a Rubens pupil and was originally intended for a church in Riga. But the ship was shipwrecked between Risør and Lyngør and was donated to Risør Church. The frame of the picture and the pulpit date from 1674.
  • Above the village of Risør there is a prominent limestone rock Risørflekken . From it you can see 22 nautical miles across the sea, and it serves as a landmark for shipping .
  • A popular regatta for wooden boats takes place in August.

Personalities

literature

  • Knoller, Rasso - Norway, Goldstadt Verlag, Pforzheim 1995, ISBN 3-89550-039-9
  • Mehling, Marianne - Culture Guide Norway, Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8289-0674-5
  • Detlef Jens: Anyone who has been here once, always comes back. Trebåtfestival, Risør. In: ders .: The classic yachts. Vol. 1: Festivals in Northern Europe. Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg 2006, pp. 76-107. ISBN 978-3-7822-0943-4 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning