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Stalheim is a
village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in the municipality
Voss Voss () is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Vossevangen. Other villages inclu ...
in
Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The small village lies along the European route E16 highway in the northeastern part of the municipality. The village sits at a high point in the inner part of the Nærøydalen valley which leads northeastwards towards the Nærøyfjorden. The highway runs through a series of tunnels to descend into the valley; in 2021 authorities said that the old road ''Stalheimskleivi'' will be closed for cars and buses forever; the road has hairpin turns and 20% grade. The
Stalheimsfossen Stalheimsfossen is a waterfall located in the village of Stalheim in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Nor ...
waterfall A waterfall is any point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in seve ...
is the most notable sight in the area. The view from Stalheim is well known from several paintings, in particular Johan Christian Dahl's painting '' Fra Stalheim'' from 1842. ''Sivlesteinen'', a memorial of the poet Per Sivle, was raised by Noregs Ungdomslag and other organizations at Stalheim in 1909.


History

In 1943 Lebensborn activity took over the use of Stalheim Hotel.Ho skulle bli Hitlers ideal-barn
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Media gallery

File:Dahl-Stalheim.jpg, Dahl's '' Fra Stalheim'' (1842) File:Sivlesteinen-Stalheim.JPG, Per Sivle memorial stone at Stalheim File:Stalheimskleiva.jpg, View of the old Stalheimskleiva road (with the hotel at the top) File:Stalheim Hotel and Naerodalen Hardanger Fjord Norway.jpg, View of the Hotel, looking down into the Nærøydalen valley


References

Voss Villages in Vestland {{Vestland-geo-stub