Stange Commons () is a municipal

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in the southern part of

Stange Municipality is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Il ...

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county,

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. The common area stretches from the lake

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eastward to the traditional district of

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(the modern municipalities of

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and

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). The Stange Commons and the neighboring Romedal Commons (in the old Romedal Municipality; now part of Stange Municipality) are municipal commons located adjacent to one another in east-central

county. The boundaries of the commons stretch from the

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county border in the south, along lake

to the west, to the city of

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in the west and north and to

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in the east. The Romedal Commons has a total area of and the Stange Commons has a total area of .

History

In 1668, King

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sold the Stange common area to chief district judge Nils Toller, who was interested in the lumber rights, with right of redemption by the king (see

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). On 29 August 1759, records show that it was auctioned and the king's right of redemption was exercised. King

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again sold an area amounting to much of the current commons on 8 January 1789 to the Anker family for 15,155 Dano-Norwegian rigsdalers. The Anchors lumber business suffered economic setbacks and they sold it at auction along with the Morskogen and 17 lesser locations for 5,000

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to settle encumbrances in 1822. It was purchased by the majority of the residents of

Stange is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Stangebyen. Other villages include Bekkelaget, Espa, Bottenfjellet, Il ...

(112 farms) for use as a public commons. All the

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Stange farms except the priests farm, the church farm of Lundgård, the residence of Kjemstad, and the farm of Huse participated in the purchase and received the rights to use the commons. More land has been purchased and added to the commons in recent years.

References

External links

Romedal and Stange commons
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