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Lýtingsstaðahreppur
Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located to the west of the Héraðsvötn. It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit. The spanned from the Krithóll farm, just south of Vatnsskarð, and all the way south to the watershed in the highlands, where it reaches the boundary of what is considered the "north" and "south" of Iceland. There were several districts in the interior of Lýtingsstaðahreppur: * Efribyggð and Neðribyggð are west of the Svartá (“Black River”) but north of Mælifellshnjúkur, at the base of Hamraheiði, which was previously named Fremribyggð. * East of the Svartá and heading south towards the Tunguháls farm is an area called Tungusveit, which becomes Vesturdalur to the south. * West of Vesturdalur is Svartárdalur and east of Vesturdalur is Austurdalur, the majority of which is actually located in Akrahreppur, but the Bústaðir farm was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viðvíkurhreppur
Viðvíkurhreppur a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in between the Héraðsvötn and Hjaltadalsá in Skagafjörður County, Iceland. It is named after the church site Viðvík. On June 6, 1998, Viðvíkurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður County: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was spl .... Hreppur council The last Viðvíkurhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Brynleifur Siglaugsson, Halldór Jónasson, Halldór Steingrímsson, Haraldur Þór Jóhannsson, and Trausti Kristjánsson were voted into office. Council cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Úlfsstaðir
is a farm on the seaward side of the Blönduhlíð district in Skagafjörður, Iceland. It has been conjectured to have been the homestead of the settler Hjálmólfur (also called ) who settled the land there; the land was named after him. is between and . which, according to local lore, is said have been where was buried. He was a pagan and, reportedly, told his heirs to bury him where he was least likely to hear the toll of the church bells. is directly between the Silfrastaðir and Miklibær churches, but by the time the legend came to be, it had probably been forgotten that this was also the location of a church in the Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ... era (one that was quickly decommissioned), so was not ultimately able to escape the tolling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rípurhreppur
Rípurhreuppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the middle of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, named after the Ríp church site in Hegranes. On June 6, 1998, Rípurhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur. Hreppur Council The last Rípurhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Lilja Ólafsdóttir, Pálmar Jóhannesson, Símon Traustason, Sævar Einarsson, and Þórunn Jónsdóttir were voted into office. Council chairs *1874–1883 Ólafur Sigurðsson in Ás *1883–1888 Gunnar Ólafsson in Keldudalur *1888–1896 Ólafur Sigurðsson in Ás *1896–1901 Jónas Halldórsson in Keldudalur *1901–1908 Sigurjón Markússon in Eyhildarholt *1908–1936 Guðmundur Ólafsson in Ás *1936–1958 Gísli Magnússon i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staðarhreppur (Skagafjörður)
Staðarhreppur (previously Reynistaðarhreppur) was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, to the west of the Héraðsvötn in Skagafjörður, Iceland, named after the church site Reynistaður. On June 6, 1998, Staðarhreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður County: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Ríphreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur Fljótahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, located in the northernmost part of Skagafjörður County, Iceland and to the east of the fjord itself. Fljótahreppur is named after the district of Fljót. Fljótahreppur was spl .... Hreppur council The last Staðarhreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which Bjarni Jónsson, Helgi Jóhann Sigurðsson, Ingibjörg Hafstað, Sigmar Jóhannsson and Sigurður Baldursson were voted into office. Council chairsByggðasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyluhreppur
Seyluhreppur is an old Icelandic ''hreppur'', or rural municipality, that is today part of the municipality of Skagafjörður. It is located to the west of the Héraðsvötn river in Skagafjörður county and is named after the town of Stóra-Seyla in Langholt, which was where county assemblies were held. Seyluhreppur consisted of four districts: Langholt, Vallhólmur, Víðimýrarhverfi, and Skörð, aside from Fjall, Geldingaholt, and Húsabakkabæirnir, which were not considered to belong to any of the four districts. Seyluhreppur is wide, but only six towns in the had land bordering the mountain. The municipality was located completely in the parish of Glaumbær where there were two churches, one in the town of Glaumbær and one in Víðimýri. In centuries past, there was also a church in Geldingaholt. Agriculture was, for a long time, the inhabitants’ primary occupation, but shortly before 1950, a small urban area developed in Varmahlíð, most of whose residents wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skarðshreppur
Skarðshreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the west of Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður county, Iceland, named for the farm in Gönguskörð, located at the base of Tindastóll Mountain. Skarðshreppur and Sauðárkrókur were created in 1907 when Sauðárhreppur was divided in two. Skarðshreppur had three districts: #Reykjaströnd, the furthest out, at the base of the east side of Tindastóll Mountain #Gönguskörð, a mountain valley south of Tindastóll #Borgarsveit, the settlement south of Sauðárkrókur On June 6, 1998, Skarðshreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Rípurhreppur, Staðarhreppur (Skagafjöður), Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, Hofshreppur (Skagafjörður), Hofshreppur, and Fljótahreppur. Hreppur council The last Skarðshreppur council was elected in the committee election on May 28, 1994, in which An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skefilsstaðahreppur
Skefilsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður (municipality), Skagafjörður County, Iceland national football team, Iceland, on the east side of the Skagi peninsula. It is named after the town Skefilsstaðir. Geography The outer part of Laxárdalur (Skagafjöður), Laxárdalur valley is located to the south of Skagi. A tall mountain named Hrafnagilsfjall is between the Laxárdalur and Hallárdalur valleys, the next valley to the west, in Counties of Iceland, Húnavatnssýsla. Tindastóll Mountain, Tindastóll mountain is to the east of Laxárdalur, and the mountain continues north to the ocean on the western side of Skagafjörður. The Laxá (Skagafjörður), Laxá river, from which the valley takes its name, runs the full length of the valley. Reykjaströnd leads along the fjord from Tindastóll inland to the Gönguskarðsá river. The river is named after Gönguskörð. Kolugafjall mountain in Húnavatnssýsla county is on the border be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svartárdalur
Svartárdalur is a valley deeper into the interior of Skagafjörður, Iceland. It was previously a part of Lýtingsstaðahreppur Lýtingsstaðahreppur was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in the interior of Skagafjörður County, Iceland, located to the west of the Héraðsvötn. It was named after the Lýtingsstaðir farm in Tungusveit. The spanned from the K ..., but now belongs to Skagafjörður County. It is a rather short valley and the Svartá river runs through it. There are few farms there, and some have been abandoned. The homestead Írafell is in the valley. There is another Svartárdalur and another Svartá on the Húnavatnssýsla side of the mountain and they are occasionally confused because they are so close to each other. References {{Authority control Skagafjörður Valleys of Iceland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tungusveit
Tungusveit is a district in Skagafjörður, Iceland and may have previously spanned the majority of Lýtingsstaðahreppur, but now only covers the spit of land between the Héraðsvötn and Svartá rivers, from Vallhólmur up to the mouth of the Svartárdalur and Vesturdalur valleys. The area is often called Reykjatunga, after the church site Reykir í Tungusveit. The region is long and narrow, with a large number of farms. Reykir í Tungusveit (Reykir in Tungusveit) is a farm and church site in Tungusveit, located on the bank of the Svartá river. The farm was the location of a manor early in Iceland's settlement. There is geothermal heat widely available on the Reykir estate and the neighboring properties belonging to , as well as more broadly throughout Reykjatunga, so much so that finding cold drinking water has often been a problem. There are many warm springs all around the farm in Rekyir and there is even geothermal heat in the grave yard, which is said to be one of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykir
Reykir is the outermost abandoned farm in the Reykjaströnd district of Skagafjörður, Iceland. A narrow peninsula, called Reykjadiskur, extends northward from the farm. The location is also home to a warm spring mentioned in the sagas that is now a tourist destination On the coast of Reykir is Glerhallavík, located at the foot of Tindastóll mountain. It was previously an area with a lot of chalcedony—white quartz stones—which were polished by the coastal waves, but now the stones have mostly disappeared because people have collected them, despite this being prohibited. In nearby Sandfell, there used to be an Iceland spar mine. According to Grettis saga, there was a church at Reykir, but no other source mentions it. Grettislaug alt=Grettislaug and the second pool, Grettislaug Reykir is also a source of geothermal power, as the Icelandic name suggests (the word also used to refer to "fumes"). According to the sagas, Grettir sterki ("the strong") Ásmundarson wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blönduhlíð
Blönduhlíð is a district in Iceland in eastern Skagafjörður that lies along the Héraðsvötn river. It spans the area from the Bóluá river in the south of and the Kyrfisá river to the north. Brekknapláss is the outermost part of in , from the to the Kyrfisá river. There are a few farms there, such as , the birthplace of the priest Jón Steingrímsson—known as the "fire-and-brimstone" preacher—which is in the southernmost part of . , a little further south, is where prime minister Hermann Jónasson was from and where there is a monument in his honor. Hermann was the father of Steingrímur Hermansson, who also served as Iceland's prime minister. Places in Blönduhlíð The following farms are located in : * Akrar (Skagafjörður) * Bóla * Djúpidalur * Flugumýri Flugumýri is a town and church site in the Blönduhlíð district of Skagafjörður, Iceland, at the base of Glóðafeykir mountain. It was, and is, a manorial estate. The town was the hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skagafjörður (municipality)
Skagafjörður () is a municipality that covers most of the land area of the region around the fjord with the same name (see Skagafjörður for details on the region) in northern Iceland. Overview The municipality was created in 1998 when 11 out of the 12 municipalities in Skagafjörður held votes on whether they should merge or not. The merge was approved in all the municipalities that held the vote. Akrahreppur was the only municipality in Skagafjörður that did not participate. In February 2022, residents of Akrahreppur and Skagafjörður voted to merge into a single municipality; the merger will be formalized in the spring of 2022. The merge joined the town of Sauðárkrókur, the villages of Hofsós and Varmahlíð and several rural districts. It also includes the historic cathedral site of Hólar which is the site of a growing university today. Localities * Ábær * Hofsós * Hólar * Keta * Miklibær * Reynistaður * Sauðárkrókur * Silfrastaðir * Varmah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |