Hofshreppur, previously Höfðastrandarhreppur, was a hreppur, an old Icelandic municipality, in Skagafjörður county, Iceland, located on the east side of the main part of the fjord.[1] It was named after the church site Hof in Höfðaströnd.[2]
Hofshreppur
Höfðastrandarhreppur | |
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_1990-1998_kort.png) Hofshreppur from 1990 to 1998 | |
| Country | Iceland |
| County | Skagafjörður |
| Unification of Skagafjörður (municipality) | June 6, 1998 |
| Named for | The church site Hof in Höfðaströnd |
| Time zone | UTC+0 |
| Became a part of Skagafjörður (municipality) in 1998 | |
The old trading post Hofsós was made into its own hreppur on January 1, 1948. On June 19, 1990, Hofshreppur and Fellshreppur, located to the north, merged into a single municipality. Hofshreppur then comprised land all the way north to Fljót.[3]
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On June 6, 1998, Hofshreppur joined ten other local governments to form Skagafjörður county: Skefilsstaðahreppur, Sauðárkrókur, Skarðshreppur, Staðarhreppur, Seyluhreppur, Lýtingsstaðahreppur, Rípurhreppur, Viðvíkurhreppur, Hólahreppur, and Fljótahreppur.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Hofshreppur Map, Weather and Photos - Iceland: administrative division - Lat:64 and Long:-16.8333". www.getamap.net. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ "Hofskirkja á Höfðaströnd". web.archive.org. 2016-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
- ^ Sigurðardóttir, Hjördís Erna (2016). Örnefni, Örnefnanefnd, sameinuð sveitarfélög og bæjanöfn: Vald og saga örnefnastýringar (in Icelandic). Háskóli Íslands.
- ^ Skagafjörður. "Fróðleikur um Skagafjörð". Skagafjörður (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-08-11.