Blönduós
65.663888888889 - 20.294444444444Koordinaten: 65 ° 40 'N, 20 ° 18' W
The municipality Blönduós [' plœntʏ ˌ ou ˑ s] ( Isl Blönduósbær ) lies in the region Norðurland vestra in northwestern Iceland.
On 1 January 2011 the municipality had 904 inhabitants, of whom lived 842 inhabitants in the main town of the same name.
Geography
The community is located at the mouth of the glacial river Blanda in the bay Húnaflói, actually in their branch, the fjord Húnafjörður, west of the peninsula Skagi.
Around 25 km south-east of Blönduós is the northern end of the Kjölur, one of the slopes that lead into Icelandic highlands. The road touches first the reservoir Blöndulón.
At a distance of around 30 km west of the village is also right on the Hringvegur, the Vatnsdalur with the mounds Vatnsdalshólar.
The distance to Reykjavík is 244 km.
Surrounding municipalities are in the north Skagabyggð, in the east and the south and southwest Skagafjordur Húnavatn.
Name
The name refers to the location of the village at the mouth of the river Blanda and means just that. ós in Icelandic corresponds estuary, blanda, however, corresponds to the German word mixture.
History
Even before the year 1000, the area was inhabited by Blönduós.
The present town was built in its western part on land of farms and Hjaltabakka Hnjúka, in its eastern on the court Ennis.
1875 or 1876 was the place of trade and port rights. The settlement grew first to the trading house of Thomas J. Thomsen, a Norwegian from Bergen and his family, around which, however, burned down in 1914.
A considerable improvement of the connections to Blönduós was mainly determined by the construction of a steel bridge over the Blanda in 1897, which was replaced by the first major pre-stressed concrete bridge in 1963.
1976 A monument in memory of the dealer.
By 1914 the place was part of the rural community Torfalækjarhreppur and then became a separate country church ( Isl Blönduóshreppur ). 1988 Blönduós received the status of " kaupstaður ", ie county-level city ( Isl Blönduoskaupstaður ). In June 2002, the rural community Engihlíðarhreppur was combined with Blönduós.
Management and Services
Blönduós was since its inception in the late 19th century economic and service center for the region. At the beginning of the 20th century, the main employer was next to the trading house butchery, the processed agricultural products of the area. A dairy was built in 1947. Despite the seaside location never played because of the difficult circumstances, the fishing harbor here a role. However, crabs have been around for 30 years processed here. In addition, there was a wool processing.
As early as 1931 the first power station was built at the site.
From 1908, there was an elementary school on the site.
Nowadays you will Blönduós gas stations, shops, banks, a comprehensive school, a music school, kindergartens, a hospital, a nursing home and a sports center with swimming pool.
Also the place is home to the highest administrative official of the region ( Sýslumaður ).
The tourism are hotels and guest houses, a campground and an information office. Especially popular the area is because of the numerous salmon rivers with anglers.
Also, a number of smaller craft and processing plants are found in town.
The place is supplied by a 14 km long pipeline with hot water for heating and households that moved from Reykir við Reykjabraut 1977 to here.
On a high hill south of the village, the local transmitter for TV is like
Transport links
In Blönduós two major link roads leading to the country 's ring road and the northern peninsula Skagi road which crosses 74 after Sauðárkrókur in the community Skagafjordur. Tick
Since 1973, an airfield also entertained south of the village.
Churches and parish
Only shortly before the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, the church was laid with the Lutheran parish of Hjaltabakki after Blönduós, consecrated in 1895, and since 1990 is a listed building and has been since 1997 private property.
The new parish church (1982-1993), with its special style, designed by the architect Maggi Jónsson, is praised for its acoustics and is therefore also used for concerts. There are an altarpiece of Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval showing Jesus with his disciples at Emmaus, and a baptismal font of Ríkarður Jónsson in it.
Attractions
The Crafts Museum ( Heimilisiðnaðarsafn ') shows, among other things the traditional wool processing. Parts of the museum consist of the estate of the Icelandic women's rights activist Halldóra Bjarnadóttir, the teacher at the differences that exist until 1976 Kvennaskólinn ( girls' school ) was, whose buildings now belong to the museum. Near the former school had in the 2nd World War, the British army camp.
A Hafíssetrið (English Sea Ice Exhibition Center ) in the oldest house in the village, the Hillebrandshúsið shows since 2006, information on ice and with respect to its influence on the Icelandic Maritime.
Hrútey, a small island located directly at the place in the river Blanda. This is now protected and is equipped with benches, walking paths and information boards.
Fishing in the region
Many salmon rivers in the region are among the best of Iceland. V.A. expected given Blanda Laxá á aSum and Víðidalsá.
Population Development
How now in only a few areas of Iceland except the Southwest and around the capital Reykjavík is in Blönduós population trends decline (1997 to 2006: -14.5 %). 2007, the population increased again slightly.
Twinning
- Denmark Horsens, Denmark
- Sweden Karlstad, Sweden
- Norway Moss, Norway
- Finland Nokia, Finland