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Geithus is a village in Modum municipality of Buskerud, Norway. It is situated between the villages of Åmot and Vikersund. [1]

Modum Municipality in Buskerud, Norway

Modum is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Vikersund. The municipality of Modum was established on 1 January 1838.

Buskerud County (fylke) of Norway

Buskerud is a county in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The county extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardangervidda mountain range in the northwest. The county administration is located in Drammen. Together with Akershus and Østfold, Buskerud will form the new, larger county Viken, from 1 January 2020.

Åmot, Buskerud Village in Østlandet, Norway

Åmot is a village in Modum municipality in Buskerud, Norway. Located just south of Geithus, the two villages have grown closer to each other. They have a combined population of 5,694.

Gravfoss 1 kraftverk. Gravfoss 1 kraftverk.JPG
Gravfoss 1 kraftverk.

Geithus is located where the southwestern arm of Tyrifjorden ends and drains into Drammenselva. Geithusbrua is a cable bridge, that spans the junction where Tyrifjorden turns into Drammenselva. There are two hydroelectric powerplants; Geithusfoss kraftverk and Gravfoss kraftverk. The area around Geithus in forested. Originally, there was an active pulp and paper industry in Geithus principally through the operation of Katfos Fabrikker. Production of paper, pulp and cellulose started in 1898. The operating was sold to Norske Skog Follum in 1970 and production stopped in 1983. [2] [3] [4]

Tyrifjorden lake in Norway

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Drammenselva river in Norway

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There is a forty-minute trip to Drammen, and a little over an hour to Oslo. Until 2004, you could get to Geithus by train. Geithus rail station (Geithus stasjon) was built in 1875 as part of the Randsfjorden Line. Today it is closed, even though locals have demanded to get their station back. [5]

Oslo Place in Østlandet, Norway

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Randsfjorden Line railway line

The Randsfjorden Line is an 87-kilometre-long (54 mi) railway located in Buskerud in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Hadeland in Oppland. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on the stretch are Norwegian State Railways express trains on the Bergen Line between Oslo and Bergen. Freight trains to Bergen go to Hønefoss via the Gjøvik Line. The railway is owned by the Norwegian National Rail Administration.

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References

  1. Geir Thorsnæs Geithus (Store norske leksikon)
  2. Knut A Rosvold. "Gravfoss kraftverk". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  3. Knut A Rosvold. "Geithusfoss kraftverk". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  4. Katfos Fabrikker (lokalhistoriewiki.no)
  5. Geithus stasjon (Groundspeak, Inc.)

Coordinates: 59°57′N9°59′E / 59.950°N 9.983°E / 59.950; 9.983

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