Femund

The Femund ( norw Femunden ) in the same Femundsmarka is about 60 km long and up to 5 km wide extending in the north-south direction of the lake in a parallel valley to the Valley of Glåma ( at the height of Alvdal ) in central Norway. It lies mainly in Hedmark Fylke, while the northern part is in the Fylke Sør -Trøndelag.

Geography

The Femund is fed by many small rivers, as the main origin of the river is considered the future of Swedish Härjedalen roe. The drain on the southern tip of the lake forms the Glöta which opens in Isteren than 2 km away. The water continues to flow in the Trysil, on the Swedish area is called downstream Klarälven.

History

Because of the difficult living conditions, the area around the Femund was inhabited until very late. In the 17th century seeds came from Finnmark to leave here graze their reindeer herds. After rich to Røros copper ore were found in 1644, already in 1645 their systematic dismantling began. Both for the fire bombing of the rock underground, and for the smelting of ore mined, large quantities of firewood were needed, which were obtained in the forests around the Femund. For the Flößung the tribes to Røros, the lake was dammed.

From 1742 to 1833 was on the west bank settlement Femundshytta with a metallurgical plant, which processed the copper ore from the mines about 70 km away to Røros. By transporting the ore could save considerable in volume transport of the required fire wood to Røros and also deposit the resulting slag decentralized. At that time lived in the village of about 300 forest workers, Köhler and smelters. Today only ruins bear witness of that time.

From 1986, the area was around the lake at times relatively strongly affected by the disaster in Chernobyl radioactive fallout ( up to 15,000 becquerels of cesium 134 137 per square meter).

Flora and Fauna

The area east of the lake on the border with Sweden belongs to Femundsmarka National Park, can be spotted in the lynx, wolverine, mink, raccoon, and occasionally brown bears. Particularly well known and relatively easy to reach, however, the beaver area at Røvollen on the northeastern shore of the lake. Near the eastern shore leaves a seed group in Elgå graze around 3,000 domesticated reindeer. Around the lake there are large areas with reindeer lichens; this shrub lichen in the winter months, a significant part of the reindeer food, but there are also collected by locals and sold abroad. Can be found in Germany, inter alia, use for flower arrangements for Remembrance Sunday. Since 1984 located in the area east of the lake a muskox herd.

Tourism

Between Synnervika and Elgå runs in the summer months a passenger ship name " Fæmund II", formerly even took up two cars and cows and even today still supplies residents and tourists and brings among other things, visitors to the scenic attractions of the Femundsmarka National Park. Also popular are canoeing, wilderness tours on the lake, however, are not safe due to the partial sudden weather change and the fall winds occurring.

At the south end of the lake is in the Drevsjø Blokkodden open-air museum, which educates about the life of the seeds as well as the coexistence of seeds and Norwegians since the 17th century. In Ufertort Elgå is the only domestic fish market in Norway.