Trongisvágsfjørður

61.544648 - 6.794043Koordinaten: 61 ° 32 ' 41 "N, 6 ° 47' 39 " W

The Trongisvágsfjørður [ ˌ tɹɔnʤɪsvɔks FJO ɹʊr ː ] is a fjord in the Faroe Islands on the east coast of the South Island Suðuroy.

The fjord cuts about 7 km deep from southeast to northwest into the country. Here is the largest metropolitan area of Suðuroy: Froðba (187 Ew in February 2005. ) On the northern shore of the fjord mouth, west of this city Tvøroyri ( 1170 Ew. ), At the end of the fjord Trongisvágur (410 Ew. ), On the southwestern shore then Øravíkarlíð (67 Ew. ) and finally Øravík (38 Ew. ), which together 1,872 inhabitants, or about 2 /5 of the island's population. Near the end of the fjord stretches from the Viðarlundin í Trongisvági, one of the largest forests of the Faroe Islands.

The trade monopoly over the Faroe Islands in the 19th century opened a branch in Tvøroyri what justified the growth to a real small town. The liner smyril (now in its 5th generation ultra-modern car ferry ) has been operating since the late 19th century and connects the South Island with the rest of the North Atlantic archipelago. The ferry terminal is located on the southwestern shore Drelnes at Øravíkarlíð.

Aviation History

Great excitement prevailed on August 29, 1928 as the German aviation pioneer Wolfgang von Gronau and his seaplane on the fjord watered. It was only the third time in the history of the Faroe Islands, that a plane came to visit, and for residents of Tvøroyri and around the first time that they got a plane to face. The children should be so excited beings that they grindaboð! ( Grindwalalarm ) called. From Gronau a discreet man to have been, and so the Faroese never knew why he often flew in the coming years here and even tied friendships. However, it is believed that he, as a flight instructor, training flights for a long Atlantic Travel graduated. Probably served his Faroe flights but the preparation for its North Atlantic crossing in 1930 and the legendary world tour in 1932.

Two other aviation pioneers are world famous: Charles Lindbergh splashed along with his wife and co-driver Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1933 on the Trongisvágsfjørður. He was on a convenient route New York - Copenhagen figure out along the way for Pan. There was a crowd of people and a celebration was scheduled. Because of the death of her son the year before refused Lindbergh and his wife, but from, and so there was only one food in small groups. Jørgen - Frantz Jacobsen was working for the Danish newspaper Politiken and Lindbergh wanted to interview the next day, but that just wanted to be left alone.

But one has the Faroese taught Lindbergh: In his view, was the Trongisvágsfjørður the most suitable fjord in the Faroe Islands to set up a water aerodrome for the North Atlantic route here. Henceforth you were dreaming in the Faroe Islands from a connection to the modern air traffic, but only when the Faroe Islands in World War II of Great Britain occupied the Faroe Islands were given the Vágar airport. The British shared Lindbergh's opinion by no means, but found the Skálafjørður more appropriate, but ultimately decided on the lake Leitisvatn Vágar as a water aerodrome unless the runway was not yet completed.

In Froðba today features a helipad, which forms the southern end of the helicopter line via Tórshavn Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun.

• Fjord in the Faroe Islands
• Suðuroy