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have been silenced. The standing waves, spray and mist from the rapids and waterfalls has been substantially reduced. Due to diversion through tunnels, the water level in the river gorges is drastically reduced; dams restrain the thundering inferno that filled the gorges before the development. There
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The farm
Sinjarheim. Already as early as mid-1800 the farm was in decay. The last residents moved in the beginning of the twentieth century and was in use as summer farm until about 1940. Knut Sønnerheim (born 1913 - dead 1976) who ran Ăsterbø Turishytte for a generation, was born on the farm and
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The configuration of settlements is typical for the rural farm culture of early Norway. Archeological indications show that the settlements are much older than the written sources indicate â some dating to before the Middle Ages. This section provides detail to allow perspective on the conditions
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The cotters (crofters) subfarm under
Sinjarheim was Almen. First known cotter was Magne Sult, also mentioned as Magne Olsen Almen, born 1718 â died 1753. Last resident at Almen was Simon Johannessen Belle born 1830 - died 1912. The farm today consists of a small house, Almastova and a small barn.
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An all-weather road was built through the valley to support the hydropower development. This road also served the purpose of connecting eastern Norway with the western Norway, remaining open all winter and removing dependency upon ferries. It followed, by and large, the old historic route between
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336:. The route from Aurland to Hol has been the shortest connection between western and eastern Norway since prehistoric times. Thus the valley has been an important connection line for commercial journeys and cattle drives through and along the valley and over the surrounding mountain highlands.
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Almastova is a small one room jointed timber house at about 3.5 x 4.0 m. It is said that
Almastova is the oldest existing wooden building in Aurlandsdalen. According to architect Arne Berg at NIKU the shape of the joints indicate that the building probably was erected about 1600. The building
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Sinjarheim is situated at the edge of a precipice where the bottom of the abyss was filled with the foaming
Aurlandselvi. Due to this it was common practice to secure the children with ropes. The trees in the background to the left are on the other side of the valley. The mountain in the
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476:) at about 1100 m in elevation, the valley is wide and open with gradual mountains slopes and open areas covered with farm places. Earlier, before dams pooled the river into reservoirs, the river flowed gradually in broad turns which could be navigated by small boats. From
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First known farmer was named simply Per, and first appears in records in 1611. The typical name by which he would have been known was Per
Sinjarheim (or Per living on Sinjarheim). The last recorded farmer was Ingebrigt Jonassen Rinde born 1873 â died 1935.
1984:
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In 2004 Aurlandsdalen
Kulturlandskap (Aurlandsdalen Culture Landscape) by Aurland Naturverkstad (Aurland Nature Workshop) 42.000 N. Kr. (ÂŁ3,500) from Norsk Kulturminnefond (Norwegian Cultural Monuments Foundation) for restoration of Aalmastova.
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317:. The valley narrows and becomes a tight, dramatic Western Norway valley. It combines glacially carved valleys with diverse plant species, and a number of cultural monuments in the form of old farms and mountain dairy farms (regionally called
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988:(hytte = cabin) was erected by the in 1895 and run by the DNT until 1960 when the young couple Jon and Signe Fimreite from Aurland took over and ran the hut until the end of the nineties. They built up the business to its present standard.
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Almastova. In the background, in the light part of the rock face, one can catch a glimpse of
Sinjarheimsgalden. Sinjarheim is situated just outside the right corner where the Veiverdalsfossen (foss = waterfall) can be seen in the
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The route (roughly) upwards
Gravadalen one had to use before a passable path was built in the rockface (at the right side) of Nesbøgalden about 1930. This route led over the mountain and down to Ăstebø in
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tourist cabin. The house served as the living room with the open fireplace until the seventies. Today the house is rebuilt for overnight guests. The old open fireplace is still intact in one of the rooms.
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in 1918-1919 and emigration to the cities, especially in the twentieth century, resulted in a population decrease to 2,193 by 1960. As of 2004 the population had fallen further to 1803 individuals.
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As late as in 1850 there were 10 farms and cotters subfarms in
Aurlandsdalen altogether: Almen, Sinjareim, Teigen, Berekvam, Skori, Nesbø, Vikaneset, Aurviki and two farms in Aurdalen (Ăsterbø).
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road was one of the motivating factors for the 1969 decision, construction of the improved route made the need less important. But the environmental changes are essentially irreversible.
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This cemetery was erected 1859 because it was impossible to bring the dead to the cemetery at
Aurlandsvangen in the winter times. Here 27 people are buried. The dates indicate that the
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1960.View towards Sinjarheim from Haugane in the area above Bridlebrui. At the edge of the mountain plateau, just above the farm, one can with difficulty see the mountain dairy farm or
741:= settlement, parish). The mountain flanks rise steeply from the bottom of the valley. The river has cut deep gorges, where it is diverted to the south, then turning north again at
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The earliest recorded farmer was Nils Urdal (Aurdal) who pays land taxes 1632. Dead 1638. Last resident at Ăsterbø is Knut Mikkelsen Ăsterbø, born 1846 - dead 1914.
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The path downwards from Sijarheimsgalden passes between Almastova and the barn. The barn is clearly visible. The roof of Almastova is visible under a big boulder.
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The alternative cattle trail (5) from Vassbygdi (roughly) upwards Eisingaberget, to avoid the unpassable Sinjarheimsgalden (to the right in the picture). See also
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The earliest recorded farmer was Elling, mentioned in documents from 1718. Last in Urdviki were the family of Sjur Eriksen Urdvik (Urevik) born 1813 - dead 1850.
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Nesbø. Before 1930, the cattle drives had to take the path upwards Gravadalen to the left of the farm and pass over the mountain to Ăsterbø to avoid Nesbøgalden.
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river system was estimated to annually produce around 2 billion kWh of hydroelectric power. It was developed in the 1970s after a much disputed decision by the
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also took its toll in remote places like Ăsterbø. Several of the names indicate roots in Ă
l and Hol in the Hallingdalen, confirming the cross-mountain travel.
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The earliest recorded farmer was Anders Nesbø, mentioned in documents from 1670. Last resident is Sivert Nesbø born in 1888 and emigrated to America in 1909.
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Almastova is not big, just one room, and gives evidence of the dangerous and modest lives the people, just a few generations back, endured in this valley.
1006:. The original cabin is incorporated in the buildings and the veranda is now part of the dining room. The cabin can be seen to the left near the flagpole.
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Main building at Sinjarheim has been clad with timber boards and painted by voluntary communal work to preserve historically significant structures.
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background is Eisingaberget where cattle drives were led before the passage in Sinjarheimsgalden was built and passable for cattle drives in 1870.
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About 1900 farms at Ăvstebø in Aurdalen became tourist cabins. The nearest of the two houses (to the right) is still there, built into the present
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Sinjarheimsgalden. The new path is blasted into the rock face in the upper left corner. The path has been destroyed several times by rockslides.
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seen from the living room with the open fireplace, unchanged since 1895 when the cabin was erected. The door leads into one of the two bedrooms.
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The earliest recorded farmer was Peder Ellingsen Teigen born 1632 - dead 1661. Last resident is Lars Knudsen Teigen, born 1796 - dead 1848.
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had to be repeated two or three times a week. All the wood required for cooking and heating had to be transported on the horseback to
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was closed for many years due to landslide. It is now possible to choose an alternative route to the path following the river under
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The earliest recorded farmer was Gudbrand who pays taxes for Teigen 1603. Last resident was Ăystein Olsen Berekvam, born 1901.
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2222:(dairy farm) for goats into the seventies. When the road was built to Ăsterbø, Urdviki was rebuilt as vacation cabin.
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can still to be seen, as well as the old pack horse track where the tourist route used to be along the brook.
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valley that is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) in length (Geiteryggen-Vassbygdi). The valley is situated in
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Here is Almastova clearly visible under the boulder which protects the house from rockslides and avalanches.
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previously had wooden flooring, now lost. Beside the door there is an external chimney of stone masonry.
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368:(which transliterates, perhaps descriptively, as goat's back). Access to Aurlandsvangen is possible via
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region, the valley is partly passable along the river. The valley then gradually widens until it meets
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farm (red). After the hydropower development, the path was relocated higher up on the hillside from
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The environmental impacts of the hydroelectric development are notable; the great waterfalls in the
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The path to Stonndalen is crossing Aurlandselvi via Bridlebrui and is passing close nearby Teigen.
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were by far the shortest routes between eastern Norway and western Norway. From ancient times
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to avoid submersion, proceeding until the new path meets the old path at the bridge across
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there was a junction to another historic path that was extensively used. It went up to
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2360:(in Norwegian). Vol. 2. Bergen: Aurland sogelag (Bergen boktrykk).
1531:. The person by the shrub in the foreground gives a sense of the scale.
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466:(1,232 m in elevation) the landscape becomes gradually more broken. At
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2001. In earlier times the flow of water in the river was much higher.
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one had use wooden ladders to ascend across the vertical rock faces.
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The living room with the open fireplace as it appeared in 2001.
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Aurlandsdalen: ei kulturhistorisk vandring frĂĽ fjell til fjĂŚre
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2400:] (in Norwegian). Grøndahl & søns boktrykkeri. 1927.
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Holmen mountain farm, seen from the track over Bjødnastigen.
1839:(Blue green marking): Still another route proceeded through
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Teigen, seen from the path to Sinjarheim, above Bridlebrui.
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in the rocks and cultural influence through the centuries.
2369:(in Norwegian). Bergen: Aurland sogelag (Bergen boktrykk).
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1677:(Not shown on the map): A historic route passed through
880:(Nesbø tunnel) visible in the hillside from the path at
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Aurlandsdalen can be reached either from the village of
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664:(vetle = little, helvete = hell). Open pothole beneath
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Nesbø as it meets the eye when approaching from north.
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802:= cabin). Each horse could carry 100 kg. The trip to
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1746:Fossane, Langevatnet, Mellomvatni, Svartevatnet,
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794:, with his two pack horses with supplies to the
2398:Yearbook for The Norwegian Tourist Association
1771:then turning east and further south east over
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92:Aurlandsdalen, roads and old paths. See also
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1593:. From there the journey continued down to
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782:Power development and environmental impacts
474:Steinbergdalen, Stemmerdalen, Stodmerrdalen
2378:(in Norwegian). Aurland: Aurland sogelag.
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2358:Ăttebok for Aurland - fram til omlag 1900
66:Learn how and when to remove this message
2337:Bach, Tron; GjerdĂĽker, Johannes (1994).
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1436:Fot. H. Tønsberg: Beginning of av 1900.
1418:Fot. H. Tønsberg: Beginning of av 1900.
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393:Norwegian Mountain Touring Association
2394:Den norske turistforenings ĂĽrbok 1927
1832:and then back to the north side over
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790:1961. Knut Sønnerheim, just before
397:Finse - Geiteryggen, Raggsteindalen
380:can be reached via highway 50 from
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2319:Restoration of Almen in 2005
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906:. View north east towards
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808:Steinbergdalen turisthytte
576:= (cattle) drive) towards
504:= lake) westwards towards
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2444:Images from Aurlandsdalen
2436:Images from Aurlandsdalen
2428:Images from Aurlandsdalen
1325:In November 2000 the new
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2374:Ohnstad, Anders (1990).
2365:Ohnstad, Anders (1964).
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50:more precise citations.
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876:(Berdal tunnel) and
340:Access to the valley
287:Aurland Municipality
246:60.86000°N 7.26528°E
130:Show map of Vestland
2481:Old roads of Norway
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224:Coordinates
48:introducing
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2348:8202146755
2297:References
2285:Population
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1841:Stonndalen
1834:Bridlebrui
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1717:Vindedalen
1713:Hednedalen
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456:Topography
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386:Hallingdal
237:07°15â˛55âłE
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31:references
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1803:Eisingane
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199:Location
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816:Aurland
777:History
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