Sólheimar
| Sólheimar | |||
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| Coordinates | 64 ° 4 ′ N , 20 ° 39 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Iceland | ||
| Southurland | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | IS-8 | ||
| local community | Grímsnes and Grafningur | ||
| Residents | 85 (January 1, 2019) | ||
Sólheimar ( Eng. "Sun Worlds") is the first eco-village in Iceland and the capital of the municipality of Grímsnes og Grafningur in the southwest of Iceland. On January 1, 2019, the place had 85 inhabitants. The size of the associated area is around 250 hectares , 37 hectares are inhabited, 150 hectares are used for agriculture.
Geography and description
Sólheimar is located northeast of Lake Hestvatn . The river Hvítá flows past to the east of the village .
history
Sólheimar was founded on July 5, 1930 by Stuhlja Sigmundsdóttir , who was influenced by the anthroposophical teachings of Rudolf Steiner , as a home for handicapped and non-handicapped children.
Today mentally handicapped people live together with non- handicapped people in the village . A hot spring ensures the town's energy supply, organic cultivation is carried out in greenhouses and there is a tree nursery. A reforestation project is ongoing in the Sólheimar area and hundreds of thousands of trees are planted each year.
Around 65% of the site's waste is recycled. The residents use textiles and recycled paper to make everyday objects, candles and art objects. A rich cultural life characterizes the place. In 2002 Iceland’s first eco-center was opened in Sólheimar.
Transport and infrastructure
Sólheimar is located on Sólheimavegur 
in the Gullni hringurinn (Golden Circle) area.
Appreciation
The place and its founder were depicted on an Icelandic postage stamp in 2002.
In 2006 Sólheimar received the Icelandic Tourist Association's environmental award.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ecovillages.eu
- ^ History and general info Sólheimar
- ↑ heimur.is - South Iceland ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.2 MB)
- ↑ a b Jens Willhardt, Christine Sadler: Iceland. 3rd updated and revised edition. Michael Müller, Erlangen 2003, ISBN 3-89953-115-9 , pp. 301f.
- ^ Image of the postage stamp
