Hovda
Hovda is a locality in Tinn, Telemark, Innlandet and has an elevation of 929 metres. Hovda is situated nearby to the locality Nystaul, as well as near Lislestaul.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rjukan Station and Vemork.
Rjukan Station
Railway station
Photo: Bergenga, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan Station is the terminal railway station of the Rjukan Line, located at Rjukan in Tinn, Norway. The station opened as part of the railway on 9 August 1909 as Saaheim, until renaming to Rjukan on 15 November 1912.
Vemork
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vemork is a hydroelectric power plant and a museum outside the town of Rjukan in Tinn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The plant was built by Norsk Hydro and opened in 1911, its main purpose being to fix nitrogen for the production of fertilizer. Vemork is situated 3½ km west of Hovda.
Rjukan videregående skole
School
Photo: Ojtveito, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rjukan videregående skole is a school.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rjukan.
Rjukan
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rjukan is a town in the Tinn municipality of Telemark, Norway. The town was founded in 1908 by Sam Eyde, who started the plan of building a city from scratch, after buying the renowned Rjukan waterfall to make electric power for fertilizer production.
Hovda
- Type: Locality
- Categories: historic site and mountain pasture
- Location: Tinn, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.86841° or 59° 52′ 6″ northLongitude
8.5561° or 8° 33′ 22″ eastElevation
929 metres (3,048 feet)Open location code
9FFCVH94+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 5640571939OpenStreetMap feature
historic=shielingOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
9843722
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In Other Languages
“Hovda” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Hovda”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rjukan Næringspark and Rjukan - Selstali Luftvernstilling.
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