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Onarheim
Sign in to saveOnarheim is a village in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern shores of the island of Tysnesøya, along the Hardangerfjorden. The village has been home to a church since the 12th century. The present Onarheim Church was built in 1893, and it serves the southeastern part of the municipality. There is also a small school in Onarheim.
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Onarheim is a village in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern shores of the island of Tysnesøya, along the Hardangerfjorden. The village has been home to a church since the 12th century. The present Onarheim Church was built in 1893, and it serves the southeastern part of the municipality. There is also a small school in Onarheim.
==History== thumb|left|View of Onarheim in 1895 The farm at Onarheim has been a seat farm for centuries. In the 12th century, Erling Skakke held a thing here. In the Middle Ages, the so-called Olavsgildet (Onarheimsgildet) was held here. It was a meeting which gathered participants from the entire county at Onarheim.
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