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NORSK

Breistølen Fjellstove ligg 1030 moh ved RV 52 over Hemsedalsfjellet, og midt på Den Norske Turistforening si merka rute mellom Sulebu og Bjordalsbu.

Breistølen var opphaveleg stølen til garden Berge på Borgund. Den fyrste bonden som budde fast på Breistølen flytta hit i 1842. Han var pålagd å tilby overnatting for reisande over fjellet frå april til oktober. Breistølen vart til skysstasjon i ca 1850. Like før hundreårskiftet var stasjonshaldaren pålagd å ha 10 hestar tilgjengeleg for transport til neste skysstasjon; over fjellet til Bjøberg eller ned til Hegg på Borgund. I starten vart store tamreinflokkar brukte til å trakke køyreveg i snøen, men etter kvart som bilen kom, vart Breistølen eit senter for snømoking, brøyting, beltebilrute og annan aktivitet som ferdsla over fjellet førde med seg. Gardsdrifta her oppe kunne ofte vera vanskeleg, og det var langt til bygda for å henta varer, særleg om vinteren når det var dårleg ver. Born som byrja på skulen måtte flytta ned i bygda. (Dei fyrste fastbuande bøndene på Breistølen fekk 19 born.) I 1952 stod det nye hotellbygget ferdig, og i 1956 vart gardsdrifta avvikla. I dag er Breistølen open i sesongen (påske og sommar).

ENGLISH

Breistølen Fjellstove (mountain lodge) lies 1030 meters above sea level, by the road (RV52) over Hemsedalsfjellet, and also along the marked hiking trail of the Norwegian Trekking Association from Sulebu to Bjordalsbu.

Breistølen was formerly the summer pasture of the farm Berge in Borgund. The first farmer to live here year-round settled in 1842. He had to offer shelter for travelers over the mountain from April to October. Breistølen turned into a transport station house around 1850. By the turn of 20th century, the station master had to have 10 horses available for transport over the mountain to the next station at Bjøberg, or down to the farm Hegg in Borgund. Initially big herds of domesticated reindeer were driven to make a road by packing the snow. After the introduction of the automobile, Breistølen had a belted-track vehicle route and became a center for snow clearing and other activities related to the traffic over the mountain. Farming up here could often be difficult and it was a long way down to the village to get what they needed, especially in winter when the weather was bad. Children had to move down to the valley when they started at school. (The first farmer at Breistølen had 19 children.) The new hotel building was built in 1952, and in 1956 the farming was closed down. Today Breistølen is open during the season (Easter and summer.)

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