Ringheim, Vossavangen, Hordaland, Norway
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Store (large) Ringheim was the largest of the Ringheim farms, it is now split into three normal sized Western Norway farms and a number of smaller. The other Ringheim farms are Nedre (lower) Ringheim, Indre (inner) Ringheim and Vetle (small) Ringheim.
The name is very old and of unknown origion since the farms are not arranged in a cirkle (ring), and there is also no known connection with the old male name Hringr (Ring). |
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The possibility of the use of Ring in the context of poor is not likely since the conditions for agriculture is very good at these farms.
The area is likely to be among the first areas to be used for agriculture at Voss for more than two milleniums ago, there is grave heaps from pre Viking age at the farm.
The first written documentation from the farm is a legal dispute from 1300 where Hollrod from Store Ringheim is on of the parties
After the Black Death the farm was partly a part of the church properties, owned by priests and priest widows and run by tenants. 1740 a smaller part of the farm was partitioned off and this is now farm number two. The remaining farm number 1 was sold to my ancestor, Johannes Olsen Hole in 1778 by the vicar Jens Bergendahl. Johannes then took the name Ringheim as the custom was at the time.
The area is likely to be among the first areas to be used for agriculture at Voss for more than two milleniums ago, there is grave heaps from pre Viking age at the farm.
The first written documentation from the farm is a legal dispute from 1300 where Hollrod from Store Ringheim is on of the parties
After the Black Death the farm was partly a part of the church properties, owned by priests and priest widows and run by tenants. 1740 a smaller part of the farm was partitioned off and this is now farm number two. The remaining farm number 1 was sold to my ancestor, Johannes Olsen Hole in 1778 by the vicar Jens Bergendahl. Johannes then took the name Ringheim as the custom was at the time.
