Svínavatn

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Svínavatn (disambiguation) .

Svínavatn
Auðkúlukirkja church on Svínavatn, lake in the background
Geographical location	Iceland
Drain	Fremni-Laxá → Laxá á Ásum → Húnafjörður
Data
Coordinates	65 ° 31 '57 "  N , 20 ° 6' 6"  W Coordinates: 65 ° 31 '57 "  N , 20 ° 6' 6"  W.
Altitude above sea level	123  m
surface	11.78 km²
length	10 km
Maximum depth	38.5 m

The Svínavatn is a lake in Iceland in the district Austur- Húnavatnssýsla south of Blönduós .

Surname

The name means pig lake in German . Since the pig is a pet that was introduced to Iceland by the Vikings during the time of the conquest of the land , there are numerous lakes with this name in Iceland.

location

It is the largest lake in the Húnaþing area after the Hóp . In the west of the lake borders on the mountain range of Vatnsdalsfjall .

Important data

Its area is 11.78 km². It is 123 meters above sea level. N. , is about 10 km long and 1–2 km wide and up to 38.5 m deep.

Trout can be caught in this lake .

The Fremri-Laxá river flows out of the lake and later flows into the Laxárvatn , which is 38 m lower than the Svínavatn.

Settlement

The large farm of the same name is located at the eastern southern end of the lake. A thing was settled here in the time of the Vikings. A small church from the end of the 19th century stands by the courtyard.

Another important farm at the southern end of the lake is Auðkúla. The parish seat of the area was located here until 1952. This farm can look back on a long tradition, as the first settler in the area, a certain Eyvindur auðkúla, had his seat here according to the land registry. In earlier times the farm was called Auðkúlustaðir. A small octagonal church still stands here today. It was built in 1894 and renovated in the 1970s under the supervision of the National Museum. It is reported that the pastor Séra Stefán M. Jónsson (1852–1930) had it built on the model of a Russian church that he saw in a Danish newspaper.

See also

• List of lakes in Iceland

Web links

• Svínavatn at angling.is, with picture (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ HU Schmid: Dictionary Icelandic - German. Buske, Hamburg, 2001, 250 and 276
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, 360
3. ↑ http://www.hunavatnshreppur.is/ferdathjonusta/page/audkulukirkja Tourist. Information (Icelandic); Accessed: 30.109.2011
4. ↑ Íslandshandbókin. Náttúra, saga og sérkenni. 1. bindi. Edited by T. Einarsson, H. Magnússon. Örn og Örlygur, Reykjavík 1989, 340