Hamar

:For the Ethiopian tribe of this name, see Hammer (tribe).

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Hamar is a town and municipality in the county of Hedmark, Norway.

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Hamar is located on the shores of Mj?sa, Norway's largest lake, and is the principal city of the Hedmark county. It is bordered to the northwest by Ringsaker, to the north by ?mot, to the east by L?ten, and on the south by Stange.

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Between year 500 and 1000, the farm Aker was probably one of the most important power centres in Norway, located just a few kilometres outside today's Hamar. After the christening of Norway in year 1030, Hamar began to gain influence as a centre for trade and religion, until the episcopal representative Nikolaus Breakspear in 1152 founded Hamar Kaupangen as one of five dioceses in medieval Norway. It remained an important religious and political centre in Norway, organized around the cathedral and the bishop's manor until the reformation in 1536, when it lost its status as a bishopric. The cathedral and manor were destroyed in the Northern Seven Years' War with Sweden in 1567, and in 1568 the market was disbanded, under pressure from citizens of Oslo. Since then, Hamar Kaupangen gradually lost importance. The site of the medieval city fell into disrepair and was taken over by a farm.

Municipality: A municipality or "general-purpose district" (compare with: "special-purpose district") is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government....

County: Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. Counts are called "earls" in post-Celtic Great Britain and Ireland - the term is from Old Norse jarl and was introduced by the Vikings - but there is no correlation between "county" and "earldom." Rather, t...

Hedmark: Hedmark is a county in Norway, bordering S?r-Tr?ndelag, Oppland and Akershus. The county administration is in Hamar....

Hamar related Images and Photos (experimental)

Portrait of a Hamer (Hamar) Child at Evangadi Dancing (Night Dance) Dombo Village Turmi Ethiopia