Skytter-Tølløv Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 7/21/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is near a rest area on the municipal border between the Halsa and Surnadal municipalities. This also marks the eastern "border" of the Halsa cache series. On this rest area, there is a stone and plaque honouring "Skytter-Tølløv".

SKytter-Tølløv collage

NORWEGIAN:


En slagbjørnen begynte sin serie med mannedrap en tidlig vårdag i 1774 på småbruket Trodalen. Til sammen fem personer ble slått i hjel av «mainnbjøinn». Da hadde presten i Stangvik forgjeves prøvd å skaffe et jaktlag på hele 500 bevæpnede menn.

Den spredte frykt og terror i hele samfunnet. Kvinner og barn ble ofte jaget ned fra fjellet av bjørnen. Bjørnens herjinger er omtalt mange steder. Blant annet i kirkebøkene for Aure, hvor det står at en 26 år gammel kvinne var revet i hjel av bjørnen. Historier på folkemunne forteller hvordan den drap sitt femte og siste offer.

«Mainnbjøinn» møtte til slutt sin overmann i den kjente jegeren Skytter-Tølløv fra Folldal, som med en sølvkule sørget for at folket på indre Nordmøre endelig kunne leve uten frykt for den mannevonde slagbjørnen. På cachestedet er det satt opp en minnesbauta til ære for Skytter-Tølløv.

ENGLISH:


During spring of 1774 a bear started terrorizing this area. The bear killed five people and over a long time it had this entire community fear the outdoors and not be able to shepherd their farm animals.

The local priest had tried to gather a team of hunters that could kill the bear, but bears weren't common in this area, so they eventually sent a messager inland and after some time, "Tølløv" from Folldal (on the Dovre mountain) showed up.

«Mainnbjøinn» ("The Man Bear") eventually met his superior when Skytter-Tølløv ("Tølløv the shooter") killed it with a silver bullet. Near the cache, there is a stone and plaque honouring Skytter-Tølløv.

Halsa

Halsa has it's pluses and minuses. Great nature. Beautiful scenery. Excellent hiking possibilities. Easy access to the main road along the Western coast (E39). Still, population is declining. Urbanization has hit Halsa harder than many other municipalities, even though people leaving for the cities is a problem in many rural areas in Norway.

Different areas of Halsa have very different identities. Valsøyfjord is an old industrial area and used to be the largest industrial centre in Møre & Romsdal county. Here, people from all over the world used to come to find work. The labour movement was very strong. Traditional boat building still stands strong here.
The other side of the Municipality (Halsa and Halsanaustan) was more proned to farming the land, land ownership and running timber industries. The labour movement was, therefore, not very strong here. One can still sense "remains" of that difference today.

Halsa is not spectacular at first glance (besides the scenery), but it is a very "honest" piece of rural Norway. And, as with most things, once you get to know the place, it actually is quite spectacular and has a very interesting history.

I therefore found making a kind of Halsa themed series was a fun cache project. There are/will be caches with short snippets of local history all over the municipality. At least one for each "grend" (village) and noticable site. If you are new to Norway, this example of a typical Norwegian municipality, everyday rural life and varied scenery, could make for an interesting experience and sightseeing.

Halsa has 1595 inhabitants and 300 sq. km. land mass, whereof 8 sq. km. is water. Halsa is also known for being the place where the world famous Killer whale "Keiko" swam to and stayed until he died some years ago.

The "Halsa" chapter in every cache decription will be identical.

FTF: LeeBuda with "Gefunden"

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vafvqr iregvpny zrgny

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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