Stårheim

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Stårheim
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Stårheim (Norway)
Stårheim
Stårheim
Basic data
Country Norway
Province  (fylke) Vestland
Municipality  (commune) : City
Coordinates : 61 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 61 ° 55 '  N , 5 ° 45'  E
Residents : 439 (2001)
Height : moh.
traffic
Street: Rv15 , Fv661
Next international airport : Bergen Airport

Stårheim is a village in the Norwegian municipality of Stad in the province of Vestland . It is located at the edge of the Stårheimdalen valley, on the north bank of the Eidsfjord . It is one of the oldest settlements on the Nordfjord and is about twelve kilometers from Nordfjordeid .

history

Stårheim Church

The place has about 700 inhabitants and a history that goes back to the Middle Ages.

Culture and sights

music

  • Stårheim Skulekorps
Around 30 members of the Stårheim Skule wind orchestra, organized as a music corps with uniform, similar to a military music corps.

Buildings

  • Starheim Church
Listed wooden hall church from 1864 with attached cemetery , built by Christian Heinrich Grosch .

Sports

With Stårheim Idrettslag, the village has its own sports club, founded in 1935 with the sections football , handball , athletics , cross-country skiing , ski jumping and biathlon . The club's biathlon section in particular is very successful and known through the biathlete and cross-country skier Ronny Hafsås , who was born in Stårheim and still competes for Stårheim IL.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Riksvei 15 and Fylkesvei 661 run through the village . A regular ferry connects Stårheim across the north fjord with Isane in Bremanger municipality .

education

  • Stårheim Barnehage
Kindergarten , built in 1989, for children between one and six years. Most of the children come directly from Stårheim, some also from Kjølsdalen and Haugen as well as from Nordfjordeid .
  • Stårheim skule:
Primary school with classes from the first to the seventh grade. A total of nine teachers currently teach around 50 students per year.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b om skulen , starheim.skule.no, accessed on February 17, 2015 (Norwegian)
  2. Stårheim Skulekorps ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , starheimsbygda.no, accessed February 17, 2015 (Norwegian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.starheimsbygda.no
  3. Stårheim kyrkje , kirkesok.no, accessed on February 17, 2015 (Norwegian)
  4. Skiskyttarane frå Stårheim , nrk.no, accessed on February 17, 2015 (Norwegian)
  5. Ronny HAFSAS. In: Datacenter. International Biathlon Union, accessed February 19, 2014 .
  6. Topographic map of Norway (section with Stårheim) , ut.no, accessed on February 17, 2015.
  7. Rutetider for Stårheim-Isane (Lokalrute 14-814) ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Reise2.fjord1.no, accessed February 17, 2015 (Norwegian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Fahrt2.fjord1.no
  8. Om barnehagen ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , starheim.barnehageside.no, accessed February 17, 2015 (Norwegian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.starheim.barnehageside.no