Hreppur

A Hreppur is the name of a rural community in Iceland. In these administrative units, there are no villages and small settlements at most. It is headed by the " Hreppstjóri ".

It is a Islands of the oldest administrative units and is due to the time of Christianity in the years after 1000. It was in the Free State time to a form of self-organization. A Hrepp had at least 20 Yeomanry ( Thing farmers who were obliged to ride Thing ) have. The Hreppar be mentioned in the Gragas and in the Jónsbók.

In the Free State the time and even at the time of connection to Denmark after the Reformation had the peasants of Hreppur the duty of caring for the poor in their area.