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Kärrgruvan
Kärrgruvan is the name of the northern part of the locality Norberg, located in Norberg Municipality in northwestern Västmanland, Sweden. The locality is mainly famous for its history of industrial mining which lasted for more than 800 years. Etymology Just like in many other parts of Norberg, Kärrgruvan has quite many Open-pit mining, open-pit mines in the nature. The name Kärrgruvan comes from a small open-pit mine with the same name and can be translated as "the marsh mine" or "the swamp mine". The locality Most of the houses and buildings in Kärrgruvan are located along highway 69 (actually ''riksväg 69'', also known as ''Hedemoravägen'', former ''länsväg 270'') towards Hedemora and along the road ''Linnévägen''. Its centrum is where highway 69 and Linnévägen meet and consists of a pizzeria, a gas station and a nowadays disused grocery shop. Signs of mining ''Mossgruveparken'' is an abandoned mining area with deep, water-filled open-pit mines where iron or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norberg
Norberg () is a locality and the seat of Norberg Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 4,518 inhabitants in 2010. Best known for the Norbergfestival which is Scandinavias biggest electronic music festival, organized in an old iron ore mine. Norberg consists of two large parts, the actual Norberg in the south and Kärrgruvan (Marsh Mine) in the north, along with smaller settlements scattered around the area. History Iron-making in Norberg can be traced back to the 6th century, but the area has been populated since the Nordic Stone Age. The blast furnace plant at Lapphyttan, probably originates from the 11–1200s (currently under reconstruction elsewhere), shows the beginning of the mining community that grew up in Bergslagen. In the Middle Ages, Norberg was a marketplace where mountain men in the surrounding districts gathered. The oldest preserved buildings in Norberg are in Norbergsån, the area around Norberg church with farms that originate from the Middle Ages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |