Ramnes Explained

Official Name:Ramnes
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Vestfold#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Eastern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Vestfold
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Jarlsberg
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Tønsberg Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:3175 Ramnes
Coordinates:59.3472°N 10.2521°W
Elevation M:19
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Ramnes is a village in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located about to the northwest of the city of Tønsberg, about to the northwest of the village of Linnestad, about to the southwest of the villages of Bergsåsen/Revetal, and about to the south of the village of Fon.[2]

Historically, Ramnes was the administrative centre of the old Ramnes Municipality which existed from 1838 until 2002 when Ramnes Municipality and Våle Municipality were merged to form Re Municipality.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Ramnes farm (Norse, Old: Rafnnes) since the first Ramnes Church was built there. The first element is which means "raven". The last element is which means "headland", which is likely referring to the area between two rivers.[3]

Ramnes Church

Ramnes Church (Norwegian: Ramnes kirke) is a medieval era stone church that is located in the village. It is part of the Nord-Jarlsberg prosti. The stone and brick church was built in 1150. The baptismal font from the 1100s. The towers are from the early 1600s. The altarpiece and pulpit and from the second half of the 1600s. It is a long church with about 250 seats.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramnes, Tønsberg . 2024-02-06 . yr.no.
  2. Encyclopedia: Ramnes . . . 2024-01-01 . Thorsnæs . Geir . no . Lundbo . Sten . Mæhlum . Lars . 2024-02-05.
  3. Book: Rygh, Oluf . Oluf Rygh

    . Norske gaardnavne: Jarlsberg og Larviks amt . 1907 . W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri . 6 . Kristiania, Norge . 129 and 135 . no . Oluf Rygh.

  4. Web site: Ramnes kirke . 2016-10-01 . Den Norske Kirke.