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Hegra is a small village in Mid-Norway, located in Stjørdal. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Central Norway (Midt-Norge ( Bokmål) Midt-Noreg ( Nynorsk) is an administrative division that includes the counties of Nord-Trøndelag, Sør-Trøndelag Stjørdal is a municipality and town in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. It has about 2500 inhabitants. Here you can find ancient rock carvings (Leirfald), as well as the small border fort Hegra Fortress (formerly known as Ingstadkleven Fort) which withstood the invading German army from April 10 to May 5, 1940, not surrendering before all other Norwegian units in southern Norway had capitulated. Petroglyphs are Images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising pecking carving and abrading Hegra Fortress ( Hegra festning) is a small mountain fortress in Hegra, Stjørdal, in the county of Nord-Trøndelag, Norway Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hegra has a lot of good places to fish located by the Stjørdalselva. Hegra has its own grocery store, gas station, kindergarten, school and a local bank. A grocery store is a store established primarily for the Retailing of Food. A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet ( German, literally means "children's garden" is a form of education for young children which serves as a transition from home to the commencement of more formal schooling A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money Hegra is also one of the centers for the resurgence of the Dole Gudbrandsdal horse in Norway. The Dole Gudbrandsdal, Dølahest

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The Battle of Hegra Fortress was a twenty-five day engagement in the 1940 Norwegian Campaign which saw a small force of Norwegian volunteers fighting superior German forces
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