Feiring is an area in the Eidsvoll municipality of Norway. For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional It has around 1000 inhabitants. The name Feiring is etymologically linked to the Norwegian word fager meaning 'beautiful' or 'pretty'. Norwegian ( norsk) is a North Germanic Language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is an official language Feiring lies on the west side of Lake Mjøsa. Mjøsa is Norway 's largest lake as well as the one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole after Hornindalsvatnet. In 1870 the area became a municipality in its own right when it was removed from the Hurdal district. Hurdal is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway. The parish of Hurdalen was established as a municipality January 1 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt Feiring had an area of 102. 45 km². Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of It then merged into the municipality Eidsvoll in 1964. For the town in Australia see Eidsvold Queensland is a municipality in the county of Akershus Norway. Riksvei 33, the state road between Minnesund and Østre Toten, which runs through Feiring, was built in the 1890s. Minnesund is a village in the municipality of Eidsvoll, Norway. Østre Toten is a municipality in the county of Oppland, Norway
Feiring church was built in 1870. The original plan had been to restore the old church from 1693, but after debate in the local council it was decided to build a new church. All the same, much of the material which was used to build the new church was borrowed from the old church, which was made of timber.
In the 17th century about 20 copper-mines were set up to the north and north-west of the church, with the smelting works by Flesvikelva. From 1806-1818 Carsten Anker ran the Feiring Ironworks by Skreikampen. Carsten Tank Anker ( 17 November 1747 — 13 March 1824) was a Norwegian Businessman, Civil servant and Feiring Ironworks is one of the best preserved post-Industrial Revolution ironworks in Norway. The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the The housing stands almost completely untouched to this day. The ironworks sites and the remains of the smelter have been restored and Eidsvoll Historical Society has erected information-posts around the work area. In recent years an annual historical play has been performed in the grounds of the ironworks. Jernverkshelga (The Ironworks Weekend) is held in August.
The treatment and rehabilitation centre for heart disease, Feiringklinikken (The Feiring clinic), run by the Landsforeningen for hjerte- og lungesyke (The National Heart and Lung Disease Foundation) lies in the centre of Kirkebygda, down towards Lake Mjøsa. Kirkebygda is the administrative centre of Enebakk municipality Norway. Mjøsa is Norway 's largest lake as well as the one of the deepest lakes in Norway and in Europe as a whole after Hornindalsvatnet.
One can still see the mile-marker by Riksvei 33, which indicates the border between Østre Toten and Eidsvoll municipalities (Feiring district, as it used to be). The border signpost between Feiring and Eidsvoll has been removed, so that visitors no longer know when they are driving into the heartlands of Romerike. Romerike is a traditional district located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway.
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This article was translated in its entirety from the Norwegian-language Wikipedia entry.
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