Jessheim

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JESSHEIM
Name = Jessheim
Commune = Ullensaker
Total area = 7.52 km²
Population = 12,365 in 2005
Density = 1,644/km²
Postal code = 2050

Jessheim is a small town in the Ullensaker municipality in Akershus of Norway. In 2006, the population was 13 000. In 1998, the population was 6,400. This equals a 103% increase in population. The population increase was in part due to the relocation of Oslo Airport to nearby Gardermoen.

Jessheim is a center for commerce and regional service functions at Øvre Romerike. The area also has some industry such as a concrete factory that utilizes the sand and gravel resources in the area as well as a wood products manufacturer. Jessheim is also an educational center with Jessheim Videregående Skole og Romerike Folkehøgskole. Jessheim is also home to the local office for the regional newspaper Romerikes Blad.

West of the town is the old royal burial mound Raknehaugen.

[edit] Communication

Jessheim Station on the main track of Norway's first railroad was completed in 1854 and formed the foundation for the later town. The new E6 highway runs past on the west side of the town and the distance to Oslo is 41 km along this road, distance along the railroad is 45 km. Jessheim is also an important crossroad between Riksvei 174 wetwards to Oslo Airport på Gardermoen, Nannestad og Hurdal og and eastward to Kongsvingerveien (Riksvei 2).

[edit] The Name

The name "Jessheim" is from norse Jasseimr or Jesseímr where the first part has unknown origin, while the second part means home. It is also possible that the first part "Jess" can mean jarl or jarls (earls). The name was originally used for the Hovin parish.

The railroad had at the initial construction of the railroad in 1854 called the stop "Trøgstad", but because of confusion with the town name Trøgstad in Østfold, the name was changed in 1897 to "Jessum". This name was used blasphemically, for example by military recruits who said they had passed through Bøn (town north of Jessheim) which sounds like "prayer" in Norwegian to Jessum, which could sound like Jesus. The priests in the area complained to the bishop who in 1900 brought the case up with the local council and suggested the form "Jessheim". The name was changed to "Jesseim". In 1920 the railroad changed the spelling to the current form, Jessheim.

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