Ãlftanes
64.107222222222 - 22.016388888889Koordinaten: 64 ° 6 ' N, 22 ° 1' W
The community Álftanes ([' Aulta ˌ nɛ ː s], isl. Sveitarfélagið Álftanes ) was until 31 December 2012 one of the municipalities of Iceland. She lay in the Capital Region ( Höfuðborgarsvæðið ) of the capital Reykjavík. Since 2013 Álftanes is part of Gardabær.
On 1 January 2011 the municipality had 2,484 inhabitants. The area of the municipality was 5 km ². Here is Bessastaðir, official residence of the Icelandic head of state.
Name
The name stems partly from the original Besiedelungsort, a headland ( Isl nes). ALFT corresponds to suggest word swan. So the name means swan Peninsula.
Location
The Álftanes peninsula and that the church is located between the fjords Hafnarfjörður ( fjord ) in the south and in the north Skerjafjörður.
Adjacent communities are in the south Hafnarfjörður, in the west Gardabær and Kópavogur, beyond the Skerjafjörður in the northwest and the north Seltjarnarnes Reykjavík.
Geology
Across the peninsula extends a moraine. This shows the furthest extent of the Icelandic glaciers during the Ice Age. She comes from the Younger Dryas era and is approximately 10,200 years old.
History
Even the official first settlers of Iceland Ingólfur Arnarson is said to have laid claim to the ground.
The land around Álftanes was densely populated in the past. In former times it was considered a well-known fishermen.
Bessastaðir
The first mention of Bessastaðir found in Íslendinga saga, being mentioned that the reason Snorri Sturluson would have heard.
Already in 1241, immediately after Snorri's death, came to the possession of the property of the King of Norway and remained in royal possession after 1380, when Iceland Denmark was struck, and until the modern era to the end of the 18th century. During this time, here was the seat of the royal governor, who, from here organized the defense of the country during the 1627 Turkish attack.
Thereafter, the first Latin school in the country there has been established, but was later moved to Reykjavík. This was followed by various owners, including the poet Grímur Thomsen. In 1941 the ownership of the state of Iceland, who took advantage of him in 1944 as a residential and next to a townhouse also as an official residence of the President.
Yard Eyvindarstaðir
On the farm Eyvindarstaðir in Álftanes grew in the first half of the 19th century, the poet and scientist Benedict Gröndal ( 1826-1907 ) on.
History of the Church Álftanes
The municipality was created in 1878, when the community Álftaneshreppur (now Gardabær ) was divided into the two communities Garðahreppur and Bessastaðahreppur. Bessastaðahreppur was renamed Sveitarfélagið Álftanes 2004. Since January 1, 2013 Álftanes is part of the city Gardabær.
Twinning
In Iceland also twinning exist within their own country.
- Snæfellsbær
- Norway Gjøvik, Norway
- Denmark Roskilde, Denmark
- Sweden Gavle, Sweden
- Finland Rauma, Finland