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Hølen Station
Hølen is a village and former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. Hølen was in early times known for the production of timber, and from the 17th century important trade took place. Timber was floated on the river Såna. Ships from the Netherlands visited the place. The small town of Hølen was, together with the small town of Son, established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Son and Hølen were separated as municipalities of their own January 1, 1848. Hølen was merged with the rural municipality Vestby July 1, 1943 – and it then lost its status as a town. Hølen is the smallest municipality (in area) that has ever existed in Norway – the total area was just 0.12 km2. The Østfold Line was completed in 1879. It was placed on the Hølen Viaduct which crosses over the town. Hølen Station opened in 1931 and remained in use until 1996, when it and the viaduct were closed and the railway rerouted via the Hølendalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean), and to the east is Jämtland in Sweden. The county was separated into a northern and southern part by the Trondheimsfjord. Slightly over 200,000 of the county's population (or around 55%) lives in the city of Trondheim and its suburbs. The Norwegian dialect of the region is Trøndersk. The region was divided into two administrative counties in 1804. In 2016, the two county councils voted to merge into a single county on 1 January 2018. Name The name ''Sør-Trøndelag'' was created in 1919. It means '(the) southern (part of) Trøndelag'. Until 1919 the name of the county was ''Søndre Trondhjems amt''. The meaning of this name was '(the) southern (part of) Trondhjems amt'. (The old ''Trondhjems amt'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Såna
Såna or Hølenelva is a river which runs through Vestby, Norway. It collects a number of creeks in Ås and Vestby and runs through the villages of Såner and Hobøl, before draining into the Oslofjord at Son. It is crossed by among others the Hølen Viaduct and Hølendalen Bridges The Hølendalen Bridges ( no, Hølendalen broer) are three parallel concrete cantilever bridge which cross Hølendalen in Vestby, Norway. One carries two tracks of the Østfold Line, the other two carry four lanes of European route E06, European Ro .... References Rivers of Viken Vestby Rivers of Norway {{Norway-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Municipalities Of Norway
This is a list of former municipalities of Norway, i.e. municipalities that no longer exist. When the local council system was introduced in Norway in 1837-38, the country had 392 municipalities. In 1958 the number had grown to a total of 744 rural municipalities, 64 city municipalities as well as a small number of small seaports with '' ladested'' status. A committee led by Nikolai Schei, formed in 1946 to examine the situation, proposed hundreds of mergers to reduce the number of municipalities and improve the quality of local administration. Most of the mergers were carried out, albeit to significant popular protest. As of January 2006 there are 431 municipalities in Norway, and there are plans for further mergers and political pressure to do so. In 2002 Erna Solberg, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development at the time, expressed a wish to reduce the current tally with 100. The Ministry spent approximately 140 million NOK on a project to elucidate the possibil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hølendalen Bridges
The Hølendalen Bridges ( no, Hølendalen broer) are three parallel concrete cantilever bridge which cross Hølendalen in Vestby, Norway. One carries two tracks of the Østfold Line, the other two carry four lanes of European Road E6. The bridges have four spans, the two in center at and the two outer at . The overall lengths are . The bridges are up to above the valley and the creek of Såna. Proposals for bridges were first made in 1988, as part of a joint planning of a new high-speed railway and freeway through Vestby. Johs Holt were the structural engineers and Lunde og Løvset architects. The railway bridge was built first and opened on 21 September 1996. The freeway bridges followed afterwards. They have won among other awards Betongtavlen in 1999. Specifications There are three bridges which cross Hølendalen. The easternmost carries two tracks of the Østfold Line. Its northern end is situated from Oslo Central Station.Bjerke & Holom: 42 The line is electrified and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hølen Station
Hølen is a village and former town and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. Hølen was in early times known for the production of timber, and from the 17th century important trade took place. Timber was floated on the river Såna. Ships from the Netherlands visited the place. The small town of Hølen was, together with the small town of Son, established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Son and Hølen were separated as municipalities of their own January 1, 1848. Hølen was merged with the rural municipality Vestby July 1, 1943 – and it then lost its status as a town. Hølen is the smallest municipality (in area) that has ever existed in Norway – the total area was just 0.12 km2. The Østfold Line was completed in 1879. It was placed on the Hølen Viaduct which crosses over the town. Hølen Station opened in 1931 and remained in use until 1996, when it and the viaduct were closed and the railway rerouted via the Hølendalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hølen Viaduct The Hølen Viaduct ( no, Hølen viadukt) is a disused iron railway viaduct situated at Hølen in Viken county, Norway. The iron carried a single track of the Østfold Line over the river Såna and the valley where the village of Hølen is located. The viaduct was the first pendulum pillar bridge in the world, and was designed by the principle's inventor, Axel Jacob Petersson. It is long. The viaduct was built as part of the Østfold Line and opened on 2 January 1879. It was structurally strengthened through a pillar replacement program in 1914. From 1931 Hobøl Station was situated on its north end. A new section of Østfold Line opened on 21 September 1996, resulting in the viaduct and the old line being closed. Hølen Viaduct is still standing, but not in use. Specifications The Hølen Viaduct is an iron pendulum pillar bridge which crosses Såna. It is long and consists of fourteen spans supported by thirteen pillars. Two spans measure , while twelve measure .Taugbøl: 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: &n |
