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Røra is a village in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on a small peninsula between the Trondheimsfjorden and the Børgin fjord. The village is located about north of the town of Verdalsøra and about south of the town of Steinkjer. The village of Hylla lies just south of Røra and the municipal centre of Straumen lies a short distance to the west. The European route E6 highway and the Nordlandsbanen railway line both run through the village, with the train stopping at Røra Station. Norwegian County Road 755 begins in Røra and continues on toward Leksvik to the south. The historic Salberg Church is located in the village. The village has a population (2018) of 430 and a population density of . History Røra lies between Stiklestad and Mære, and is in an area of rich historical monuments. An early highway, The King's Road ( no, kongevei), was at a higher elevation than the current highway. Along this route there are severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Store Norske Leksikon
The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique visitors per month. Paper editions 1978–2007 The ''SNL'' was created in 1978, when the two publishing houses Aschehoug and Gyldendal merged their encyclopedias and created the company Kunnskapsforlaget. Up until 1978 the two publishing houses of Aschehoug and Gyldendal, Norway's two largest, had published ' and ', respectively. The respective first editions were published in 1907–1913 (Aschehoug) and 1933–1934 (Gyldendal). The slump in sales for paper-based encyclopedias around the turn of the 21st century hit Kunnskapsforlaget hard, but a fourth edition of the paper encyclopedia was secured by a grant of ten million Norwegian kroner from the foundation Fritt Ord in 2003. The fourth edition consisted of 16 volumes, a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Regia
The Via Regia (Royal Highway) is a European Cultural Route following the route of the historic road of the Middle Ages. There were many such ''viae regiae'' associated with the king in the medieval Holy Roman Empire. History Origins The Via Regia ran west–east through the centre of the Holy Roman Empire, from the Rhine at Mainz-Kastel (''Elisabethenstraße'') to Frankfurt am Main, trade city and site of the election of the King of the Romans, continuing along Hanau, the ''Kaiserpfalz'' at Gelnhausen, the towns of Steinau an der Straße, Neuhof, Fulda and Eisenach to Erfurt, a centre of woad production. It ran further eastwards to Eckartsberga, crossing the Saale river between Bad Kösen and Naumburg and reached Leipzig, another trade city. The eastern part continued through Upper Lusatia ('' Via Regia Lusatiae Superioris'') along Großenhain, Königsbrück, Kamenz, Bautzen and Görlitz to Wrocław in Silesia with further connection to Kraków in Poland. Medieval p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mære
Mære is a village in the municipality of Steinkjer in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along European route E6 and the Nordlandsbanen railway line, about south of the town of Steinkjer. The village of Sparbu lies about south of Mære. Mære Church is located in this village as well. The village has a population (2018) of 460 and a population density of . History In the early Viking Age, according to the Sagas, Mære was one of the most important religious ceremonial places, with sacrifices to the Norse gods. Under the medieval church at Mære, traces of preceding heathen hof A heathen hof or Germanic pagan temple was a temple building of Germanic religion; a few have also been built for use in modern heathenry. The term ''hof'' is taken from Old Norse. Background Etymologically, the Old Norse word ''hof'' is the s ... were found in archeological investigations during the 1960s, the only case in Norway so far of a pre-Christian building being found to hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stiklestad
Stiklestad is a village and parish in the municipality of Verdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located east of the town of Verdalsøra and about southeast of the village of Forbregd/Lein. The village is mainly known as the site of the Battle of Stiklestad on 29 July 1030. Stiklestad Church is located in the village and it is assumed to have been erected on the exact spot where King Olaf II Haraldsson fell in the battle. The king was buried in Nidaros (Trondheim), canonised there on 3 August 1031, and later enshrined in Nidaros Cathedral. Following the Lutheran reformation of 1537 the saint's remains were removed and their precise resting-place has been unknown since 1568. Name The Old Norse form of the name is ''Stiklarstaðir''. The first element is the genitive of a word ''stikl'' and the last element is ''staðir'' which means "farm". The word ''stikl'' might have been derived from the verb ''stikla'' which means "to jump", and this might have been the name of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salberg Kyrkje
Espen Salberg (born 28 March 1952 in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ..., Norway) is a Norwegian ballroom dancer. See also * Dance in Norway * List of dancers References Norwegian male dancers Ballroom dancers 1952 births Living people Entertainers from Oslo {{ballroom-dance-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rora Station 2
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Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. In simple terms, population density refers to the number of people living in an area per square kilometre, or other unit of land area. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salberg Church
Salberg Church ( no, Salberg kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Røra, between the Nordland Line and European route E6 highway. It is the church for the Røra parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The small, white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1715 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 130 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1432, but the church was not new that year. The first church on the site was a stave church that may have been constructed in the 13th century. Around the year 1644, the old church was expanded. A new nave was built on the west side of the existing building. The old nave was converted into a choir and the old choir was turned into a sacristy. An inspection in the year 1700 describes the church as old and dil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leksvik (village)
Leksvik is a village in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the Trondheimsfjorden. The village lies at the junction of Norwegian County Road 755 and Norwegian County Road 89. Leksvik Church is located in the village. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Leksvik from 1838 until its dissolution in 2017 when it became part of Indre Fosen municipality. The village has a population (2018) of 869 and a population density Population density (in agriculture: Stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical ... of . References Villages in Trøndelag Indre Fosen {{Trøndelag-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian County Road 755
Norwegian County Road 755 ( no, Fylkesvei 755) is a county road in Trøndelag county, Norway. The road runs from the village of Røra in the municipality of Inderøy to the village of Vanvikan in Indre Fosen municipality. It was known as Norwegian National Road 755 () before 2010 when control of the road was transferred from the national government to the county. Route The road branches off from European route E6 at Røra in Inderøy. It passes through the villages of Straumen and Utøy in Inderøy. At Straumen, it passes over the historic Straumen Bridge, and has an intersection with County Road 761. At the Skarnsund strait that's part of the Trondheimsfjord, the road passes over the Skarnsund Bridge. From 1958 to 1991, this was served by the Vangshylla–Kjerringvik Ferry and then when the bridge was completed in 1991, the ferry route was discontinued. The bridge had a toll Toll may refer to: Transportation * Toll (fee) a fee charged for the use of a road or water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Røra Station
Røra Station ( no, Røra stasjon) is a railway station located in the village of Røra in the municipality of Inderøy in Trøndelag county, Norway. The station is located along the Nordlandsbanen railway line. It serves the entire municipality of Inderøy, though there is no corresponding bus service. The station is only served by the Trøndelag Commuter Rail service that goes between Steinkjer and Trondheim. History The station was built as part of the Hell–Sunnan Line. It opened on 15 November 1905 along with the rest of the line north of Verdal. Originally the station was named ''Salberg'', but it was renamed Røra on 1 August 1918. The station cost . As one of only two stations on the Hell–Sunnanbanen line, it was not custom designed, but is a standard design. In 1977, the signaling system was automated and remote controlled. The station has been completely unmanned since 2003. At the time of construction the only settlement at Røra was located at Hylla, along the coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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