Steinkjer

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coat of arms map
Coat of arms of the Steinkjer commune
Steinkjer (Norway)
Steinkjer
Steinkjer
Basic data
Commune number : 5006
Province  (county) : Trøndelag
Administrative headquarters: Steinkjer
Coordinates : 64 ° 1 ′  N , 11 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 64 ° 1 ′  N , 11 ° 29 ′  E
Surface: 2,122.06 km²
Residents: 24,357  (Feb 27, 2020)
Population density : 11 inhabitants per km²
Language form : neutral
Website:
politics
Mayor : Bjørn Arild Gram  ( Sp ) (2007)
Location in the province of Trøndelag
Location of the municipality in the Trøndelag province

Audio file / audio sample Steinkjer ? / i is aNorwegiancity ​​andmunicipalityand the capital of the province (Fylke)Trøndelag. Over 24,500 people lived here in 2019, around 13,000 of them in the city proper. The rest is spread over several small settlements in the municipality.

Aerial photograph of Steinkjer (2006)
Vådal farms, February 2005

geography

The municipality borders on Namsos and Overhalla to the north, Snåsa to the east, Verdal , Inderøy and Indre Fosen to the south and Åfjord to the west .

The city is particularly scenic. It is located on the Beitstadfjord , a branch at the end of the Trondheimfjord and is surrounded by mountains. As a result, it was and is accessible by ship, which has favored trade.

history

The burial grounds of Navlus and Skei point to Iron Age settlement.

Steinkjer with the towns of Mære and Egge was a great historical center of power. Around 1030 the chiefs of Egge were among the main opponents of King Olav Haraldsson . Many significant archaeological finds, including the Tingvoll ship settlement , were made in the area around Steinkjer. According to Nordic legends, there is said to have been an older and even larger Viking trading post in front of Nidaros, today's Trondheim . The discovery of a button from the British Isles and also imported scales in Lø give rise to the assumption that this could have been in the area of ​​today's Steinkjer.

The rock carvings at Bøla are Neolithic petroglyphs about 30 km north of Steinkjer . In addition, there are over 400 rock carvings from the younger Stone Age and the Bronze Age in the Bardal field on coastal road No. 17. There is a 12th century church in Mære, which was probably built in place of a pagan sacrificial site.

In 1940 Steinkjer was almost completely destroyed by bombs from the German air force . After the war, the city was rebuilt and today has the charm of post-war architecture. The reconstruction was only completed when the city received a new church in the center in 1965.

April 2015 was from the probe goers Magne Øksnes a 5.6 grams heavy silver Thor Hammer -Amulett from the Viking period (. Cal 800-950 AD..) Found. Finds of this kind are rare in Norway.

Steinkjer has been the capital of Fylkes Trøndelag since January 1st, 2018 . Until then it was the capital of Fylke Nord-Trøndelag , which was merged with Fylke Sør-Trøndelag . As part of the municipal reform in Norway , Steinkjer and Verran were merged on January 1, 2020.

coat of arms

Old Steinkjer coat of arms

The coat of arms of Steinkjer before the union with Verran shows a six-pointed, silver star on a blue background. Designed by archivist Hallvard Trætteberg, it was introduced in 1957. Initially, the star referred to the six main streets that converged in the city. Since the municipal reform in 1964, the star has symbolized the main town Steinkjer and the six incorporated neighboring towns: Beitstad, Egge, Kvam, Ogndal, Sparbu and Stod.

In 2020 Steinkjer took over the Verran coat of arms. The coat of arms designed by Rolf Tidemann shows a boat that stands for the close connection to the fjord, for boat building and cruising.

economy

The main industries in the city are agriculture , forestry and trade . In the last few years Steinkjer became known as IT-byen Steinkjer (IT-Stadt Steinkjer). Steinkjer is on the European route 6 and on the railway line (Trønderbanen and Nordlandsbanen ) Trondheim - Bodø . The Trondheim-Værnes airport is about an hour away by train or car.

traffic

The oldest network arch bridge in the world, which was opened to traffic in 1963, is located in Steinkjer . The bridge is 94 m long and leads the Nedre Mølleveg over the Steinkjerelva.

education

Steinkjer has two secondary schools (Videregående Skoler), including Steinkjer VGS.

The Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag exists as a university (Høgskole).

Culture

Egge Museum, a folk museum that combines cultural and nature experiences

Well-known people from Steinkjer

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistisk sentralbyrå - Befolkning
  2. ↑ scinexx.de of July 11, 2013 , accessed on November 7, 2019
  3. ↑ Kystriksveien FV 17: Steinkjer-Bodø, published by Kystriksveien Reiseliv as, 2014.
  4. ↑ ThorNews: Rare Thor's Hammer Found in Central Norway. In: ThorNews. April 8, 2015, accessed November 6, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Torshammer - Norges Metallsøkerforening | Museum . In: Norges Metallsøkerforening | Museum . ( nmf.nu [accessed November 6, 2016]).
  6. ↑ Navn på nye kommuner. February 19, 2019, accessed January 22, 2020 (Norwegian).
  7. ↑ Steinkjers kommunevåpen on steinkjer.kommune.no, accessed on January 30, 2020
  8. ^ Per Tveit: An Introduction to the Network Arch . Trondheim 2006 (English, PDF ).