The History of rland and Bjugn

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The History of Ørland and Bjugn!

• Which historic events in Ørland and Bjugn are
  still significant in the community today?

A project by Isabell, Lisbet and Marion
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Table of Contents

• Timeline
• The History of Bjugn
• Mølnargården Museum
• The History of Ørland
• Austrått
• Second World War
• Ørland Main Air Force Base

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Timeline
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The History of Bjugn

• The municipality of Bjugn was in 1899 divided
  into three separate municipalities Bjugn, Nes
  and Stjørna.
• In 1964 the three municipalities were again
  merget.
• The Cruciform Church in Bjugn was build in 1937.
• Herring fishery have been significant to the
  citizens of Bjugn all since the Stone Age. Two
  herring factories established in the 1950s made
  Bjugn become a society based on industry.

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Mølnargården Museum

• The first known recordings of Mølnargården are
  dated 1520
• Has been a mill, farm, blacksmiths workshop,
  school
• The main building dates to 1848, as do some of
  the other buildings on the estate
• Today the museum grounds measures 12,5 acres with
  11 houses, a quay and several paths.
• On Mølnargården you can find old workshops,
  birds, clothes, and geology displays

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The History of Ørland

• Ørland was an important centre of power for the
  region as early as in year 0.
• During the late Middle Ages Ørland was split in
  half one part under the control of Storfosen
  Manor the other controlled by the Austrått
  Estate.
• Austrått, a part of inner Ørland, was in the
  1400-1500s an important centre of control Mrs.
  Inger Rømer who lived there, controlled 1/6 of
  Norway at that time.
• During WW2 Ørland became the base of an important
  airport for the Germans.

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Austrått

• Austrått Manor was built during the years
  1654-1656 by Chancellor Ove Bjelke
• In 1916 it was destroyed in a great fire
• The manor was rebuilt during the period 1921 to
  1960
• Today it is a great tourist attraction, situated
  alongside Austrått Fort, a monument of WW2

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Second World War

• April 27 1940 three German war planes attacked
  Ørland with bombs and machine guns.
• There was established prison camps on Austrått
  and two other places that housed 665 prisoners
  from Russia and Serbia.
• The Germans started building an air force base,
  first airstrip was finished in 1942. The second
  airstrip was finished in 1944.
• The C-tower of the canon of the German warship
  Gneisenau was installed at Austrått in 1942.
  The canon was tested in 1943. The canon has an
  extreme range of 42600meters.
• British forces took control over Ørland Air Force
  Base in 1945. Before they left Ørland late that
  same year,they blew up the base.

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Ørland Main Air Force Base

• Norway became a member of NATO in 1949.
• When the Korean war started in 1950, it was
  decided that Ørland Air Force Base was to be used
  as a landing field for jet aircrafts.
• The building was started in 1951 an finished in
  1952.
• in 1952 it was decided that the Air Force Base
  should be extended to a NATO- standard Air Base.
• 136 property owners were affected by the building
  process.
• Ørland Air Base became operative May 31 1954.
• July 1 1954 the station received the designation
  Main Air Force Base.
• From 1955 to 1992 it was
• much building activity
• NATO often uses the base
• for international military
• exercises
• The Base is the largest place
• of employment in Ørland

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Sources

• http//www.fosen.net/?itemid500005164 (picture
  of Austrått)
• http//www.fosen.net/?itemid500000477 (history
  of Bjugn)
• http//www.fosen.net/?itemid500006591 (history
  of Ørland)
• http//www.molnargaarden.no
• http//www.fantastiske-fosen.com
• Fuglerud, Thor Ørland Hovedflystasjons Historie.
  Public, 1994