Mørsvikbotn
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View of the village
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 Mørsvikbotn / Murgosvuodna
Mørsvikbotn / Murgosvuodna
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| Coordinates: 67°41′24″N 15°50′41″E / 67.69000°N 15.84472°ECoordinates: 67°41′24″N 15°50′41″E / 67.69000°N 15.84472°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Nordland |
| District | Salten |
| Municipality | Sørfold |
| Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Post Code | 8266 Mørsvikbotn |
Mørsvikbotn (sami: Murgosvuodna) is a small village located in the north part of the municipality of Sørfold in Nordland county, Norway. The village sits at the end of the Mørsvikfjorden arm of the Nordfolda fjord. The European route E06 highway passes through the village. The lakes Mørsvikvatnet and Sildhopvatnet are located northeast of the village. Mørsvikbotn has a school, a grocery shop, Mørsvikbotn Chapel, an aquaculture co-op, and a few camping sites. Website: www.fjordinord.no
About 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Mørsvikbotn, near the lake Mørsvikvatnet at "Mørsry", the German Army had a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. The German Army soldiers serving here were from Austria, housing mostly Russian POWs. They were building a railway, which was intended to be a link between Fauske and Narvik. This was to be the so-called "Polarbanen" (English: Arctic railway).
Some ruins of the camp, the foundations of the causeway for the railway, a tunnel, and roads can still be observed in the area. A small cemetery for fallen Russian soldiers is located close to the camp. The Camp Commander was considered by the locals to be quite "humane". Only a very few Russian POWs were shot or died of exhaustion during the five years of the war. The small camp cemetery was emptied of corpses shortly after the war. Their remains now rest with about 8,000 other POWs at the large war cemetery at Tjøtta, south of Sandnessjøen.
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