Tönsberg

The Tönsberg is a hill ridge in the Teutoburg Forest that reaches a height of 333.4 m above sea level (NN) and lies in the district of Lippe near Oerlinghausen. Hermann's Way runs over the Tönsberg for about 3.5 km.

Points of interest

Along Hermann's Way on the crest of the Tönsberg are several points of interest:

Hünenkapelle

To the east of the long ridge of the Tönsberg are the ruins of a pre-historic hillfort (Sachsenlager) and a chapel known as the Hünenkapelle. The fortification was probably used until the 9th century as a defensive site and refuge. The chapel would have been built in the time when Christianity reached the Saxons under Frankish rule. The name "Tönsberg" could go back to Holy Anthony, in whose honour the first Christian chapel could have been dedicated.

Löns Monument

In 1898 the writer, Hermann Löns, walked over Tönsberg; his impressions are recorded in his narrative, Frau Einsamkeit ("Lady Loneliness"), which appeared in 1911 in the volume Da draußen vor dem Tore. Heimatliche Naturbilder.. Dort Thirty years later a monument to him was erected on the Tönsberg and unveiled on 9 September 1928.

Tønsberg

Tønsberg [ˈtœnsˈbærj]  ( listen) is a municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around 102 km (63.38 mi) south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Tønsberg. The municipality has a population of 41,239 and covers an area of 107 km² (41 sq mi).

Tønsberg is generally regarded as the oldest town in Norway. Tønsberg was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Sem was merged into the municipality of Tønsberg on 1 January 1988.

General information

Name

The Old Norse form of the name was Túnsberg. The first element is the genitive case of tún (n), meaning fenced area or garden. The last element is berg (n), meaning mountain. The name originally referred to the fortifications on Slottsfjellet. The old spelling has been retained in the name of the diocese, Tunsberg bispedømme.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is an old city seal from as far back as 1349. The seal shows Tønsberg Fortress surrounded by a ring wall on a mountain with the sea in front. There is also a longship in the water in front of the fortress. Around the seal are the words (in Latin): This is the seal of Tunsberg.

Tønsberg (town)

Tønsberg is a town located in the municipalities of Tønsberg and Nøtterøy in Vestfold, Norway. As of 2010, it had a population of 48,350, of which 31,932 people lived in the municipality of Tønsberg and 16,418 in Nøtterøy. The town covers an area of 31.06 square kilometers (11.99 sq mi), of which 19.20 square kilometers (7.41 sq mi) is in Tønsberg and 11.86 square kilometers (4.58 sq mi) is in Nøtterøy.

References

Coordinates: 59°16′01″N 10°24′32″E / 59.267°N 10.409°E / 59.267; 10.409