Norwegen / Nordland / Lofoten / Moskenesøya - Sørvågen
View back on the way to Munkebu. In the foreground you can see the Sørvågvatnet.
Rückblick auf dem Weg zur Munkebu. Im Vordergrund sieht man den Sørvågvatnet.
Moskenesøya (lit. 'Moskenes Island') is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The 186-square-kilometre (72 sq mi) island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality. The tidal whirlpool system known as Moskstraumen, one of the strongest in the world, is located between Moskenesøya's Lofoten Point and the island of Mosken.
Geography
The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak being the 1,029-metre-tall (3,376 ft) Hermannsdalstinden mountain. It is elongated from southwest to northeast and it is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long and 10 km (6 mi) wide. It also has a very uneven shoreline. The island is connected to the nearby island of Flakstadøya by the Kåkern Bridge which is part of the European route E10 which ends on the Moskenesøya island at the village of Å.
Population
There are many villages on the island. Flakstad Municipality, on the northern part of the island, has several small villages including Fredvang, Selfjord, and Krystad. Moskenes Municipality, on the southern part of the island, has the villages of Å, Hamnøya, Moskenes, Reine, Sakrisøy, Sørvågen, and Tind, all located on the eastern side of the island. There were settlements on the western coast, but the last ones were abandoned in 1950s owing to severe storms.
Attractions
Most villages are frequently visited by tourists and have designed small exhibits of local peculiarities. So Sakrisøy has a museum of 2,500 dolls from all over Europe. Sørvågen contains a local department of Norsk Telemuseum (Norwegian Telecom Museum) which reflects the local history of telegraphy. In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), and in 1867 the line was connected with Europe. In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen – the second in Europe after Italy – connecting Sørvågen with Røst island.
The village of Å is a traditional fishing place and nearly its entire territory is the 150 years old Norwegian Fishing Village Museum, which includes the Lofoten Stockfish Museum, a forge, a bakery, and a cod liver oil factory.
History
In the beginning of World War II, the island was occupied by the German Army. In December 1941, it was the venue of the Operation Anklet – a British Commando raid carried out by 300 men from No. 12 Commando and the Norwegian Independent Company 1. The landing party was supported by 22 ships from three navies – British, Norwegian and Polish. As a result, two German radio transmitters were destroyed and several small boats were captured or sunk. Importantly an operational Enigma coding machine was obtained from one of the sunken German patrol ships. Also, about 200 local Norwegians volunteered to serve in the Free Norwegian Forces.
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Sørvågen is a fishing village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The village of Å lies just to the south. Moskenes Church is located in the northern part of the village along European route E10, in an area that is known as the village of Moskenes (although the two villages have grown together by conurbation and are now considered one urban area by Statistics Norway).
The 0.62-square-kilometre (150-acre) village has a population (2023) of 403 and a population density of 650 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,700/sq mi).
Tourism
The village has several scenic and tourist attractions in and around the village. It contains a local department of the Norsk Telemuseum (Norwegian Telecom Museum) which reflects the local history of telegraphy.
In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), being finally connected with Europe in 1867.
In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen—the second in Europe after Italy—connecting Sørvågen with Røst.
(Wikipedia)
Moskenesøy ist eine Insel im südlichen Teil der Lofoten in Norwegen. Der Hauptort ist Reine, weitere Orte auf Moskenesøy sind unter anderem Moskenes, Å, Sørvågen, Sund, Sakrisøy und Hamnøy.
Zwischen Moskenesøy und der südlichen Nachbarinsel Værøy gibt es besondere Gezeitenströmungen, genannt Moskenstraumen, die als Vorbild für den mythischen „Mahlstrom“ gelten.
Seit 2018 gehört die Westküste von Moskenesøy und vorgelagerte Inseln als Lofotodden-Nationalpark zu den Nationalparks in Norwegen.
Wirtschaft und Verkehr
Die Fischerei ist auch heute noch der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor. Aber auch der Tourismus und die Zucht von Lachsen gewinnt an Bedeutung.
Die Europastraße 10 verbindet die Insel Moskenesøy mit den anderen nördlichen Inseln Lofotens und seit 2007 fährenfrei mit dem Festland. Fährverbindungen gibt es mit dem Festland bei Bodø sowie mit den südlichen Inselkommunen in Lofoten, Værøy und Røst.
Es gibt nach Leknes, Svolvær und Stamsund gute Busverbindungen. In Leknes ist ein Flugplatz mit Verbindung nach Bodø, in Svolvær und in Stamsund halten die Schiffe der Hurtigruten.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Telekommunikationsmuseum in Sørvågen
Ortsbild in Reine
Museumsdorf Å
Stockfischmuseum in Å
Puppen- und Spielzeugmuseum in Sakrisøy
Kollhellaren, Höhle mit Höhlenmalereien auf der Westseite der Insel
(Wikipedia)
Sørvågen ist ein Fischerdorf in der Gemeinde Moskenes in der Region Lofoten in Norwegen. Das Dorf im Süden der Insel Moskenesøy gehört zur Provinz (Fylke) Nordland und hat 403 Einwohner (Stand: 1. Januar 2023).
Haupteinnahmequellen bilden in dem Dorf, das an der Europastraße 10 liegt, die Fischerei und der Tourismus. Der Ort hat ein Schulzentrum, Geschäfte für den Alltagsbedarf, eine Post, Galerien und ein Restaurant. Das „Norwegische Telekommunikationsmuseum“ ist in Sørvågen mit einer festen Ausstellung vertreten, weil die Geschichte des Dorfes eng mit der des norwegischen Fernmeldewesens verbunden ist. Eine 1861 errichtete Lofotenleitung verband mit 170 Kilometern Telefonkabeln den Ort mit acht anderen Fischerdörfern. Hier entstand 1906 auch der erste drahtlose Radiotelegraf Nordeuropas, der zugleich der zweite weltweit war. Später wurden in dem Lofotendorf der erste Schiffsradiotelegraf und die erste Radiotelefonverbindung gebaut.
Von dem zwei Kilometer entfernten Kirchspiel Moskenes fährt eine Autofähre, die die Insel Moskenesøy mit dem Festland bei der nordländischen Hauptstadt Bodø sowie mit den Inseln Værøy und Røstlandet am südlichsten Ende von Lofoten verbindet.
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