Sandgerdi

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Sandgerði
(Sandgerðisbær)
COA Sandgerðis.svg
Basic data
State : IcelandIceland Iceland
Region: Suðurnes
Constituency : Suðurkjördæmi
Sýsla : Gullbringusýsla
Population: Invalid metadata key 2503
(1. Januar 2019)
Surface: 62 km²
Population density: Error in expression: Unexpected operator < inhabitants / km²
Post Code: 245
politics
Community number 2503
Mayor: Sigurður Valur Ásbjarnarson
Contact
Website: www.sandgerdi.is
map
Location of Sandgerði

Coordinates: 64 ° 2 ′  N , 22 ° 42 ′  W

Lighthouse in Sandgerdi
Sandgerdi harbor

Sandgerði ( isl. Sandgerðisbær ) is an Icelandic fishing village in the Suðurnes region . The fishing village of Sandgerði is located on the west coast of the Reykjanes Peninsula , on the northwestern edge of the Miðnes Peninsula on road 45. The town is home to a marine nature center that is both a research facility and a museum. Until the merger with Garður in 2018, Sandgerði formed an independent municipality. In 2017 it had 1798 inhabitants.

history

The city was once a trading port. After the abolition of the Danish trade monopoly (see History of Iceland ), merchants from numerous countries settled here in the 19th century. They mainly bought fish and in return imported goods such as salt and wood.

At the beginning of the First World War , more and more people settled here in order to go fishing from here. In 1918 the first electric generator on Reykjanes could be found in Sandgerði. In the following years up to 40 (partly small) fishing boats operated from here.

It is now a prosperous community with numerous commuters to Keflavík and Reykjavík .

Hvalsnes

Hvalsnes Church

About 7 km south of the village is the stone-built Hvalsneskirkja ( Church of the Whale Peninsula ). Hallgrímur Pétursson , the most famous poet of Icelandic hymns and passion songs, was pastor here between 1644 and 1651.

Básendar

On the coast in the south of Hvalsnes there had been a village and a trading place called Básendar since the 15th century. It belonged to the Viðeyar monastery in Reykjavík until the 16th century and came into the possession of the Danish king after the Reformation . During the 18th century, the traders there were of bad repute as Danish exploiters, so that some saw it as God's punishment when the village was destroyed by a spring flood on December 23, 1799 . A hiking trail leads north from Hafnir and around the bay where the place was located.

sons and daughters of the town

Town twinning

See also

Web links

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