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DombsThe village of Dombs lies in the Dovre municipality and serves as an administrative center in the upper Gudbrandsdalen, Norway. It lies at an important junction of roads: south leading to the current capital of Norway, Oslo, west via Lesja leading to ndalsnes on the sea and north to the old capital, Trondheim. History 19th Century 1895 - At Dombs, where there is a telegraph station, the scene had entirely changed, and fields of waving barley and potatoes greeted the eye.... Here, at a height of 2,000 feet above the sea, the crops were not quite ripe, the season being backward. Barley required a few more days of sunshine, and the potatoes were still in bloom. The evenings became cold, and the farmers' faces showed their anxiety. The wind was from the N.N.W., and for two consecutive nights black frost appeared. The potato-vines turned black, and the grain crop was seriously injured. After the first frost everybody was at work in the fields, women and men sheaving the barley, and every available hand digging the potatoes. There was sorrow in many a farmer's heart, for the people were now greatly distressed, and I detected tears on many a mother's cheek during these two days. After this sudden cold spell the weather became cloudy, a violent storm set in, and the ground was covered with eighteen inches of wet snow, though it was only the 20th of September. Source: The Land Of The Midnight Sun, by Paul B. Du Chaillu; Publisher: George Newnes, Limited; London; 1899. Page 164 20th Century 1913 - Dombs was connected by rail (the Eidsvol-Dombsbanen) to Oslo, capital of Norway. 1921 - The Eidsvol-Dombsbanen line was extended to Stren where it connected to the Rrosbanen. 1924 - The Raumabanen between Dombs and ndalsnes was opened and from that day on the station is a junction between the Raumabanen and Dovrebanen. 1939 - The Dombs church was completed in 1939. Prior to that time, residents of Dombs worshiped at Dovre center. 1940 - During the German invasion of Norway, they recognized this rail, roadway and telegraph junction was strategically signficant. German paratroopers were dropped at Dombs, ultimately contriburing to the defeat of both Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (His Majesties Kings Guard) and the Norwegian Mre Regiment. Source: Norway 1940, Franois Kersaudy, St. Martin's Press, 1987. 1940 - While fleeing Norway after the German invasion in 1940, King Hkon was turned back at Drevs on the Swedish border. He was forced to pass across Hedmark and Oppland to ndalsnes. While attempting to pass through Dombs, he was almost captured by the German paratroopers on April 15th. The King bypassed Dombs, going south to Otta, then west to Vg and over the mountains to Lesja before escaping to ndalsnes, where he was taken off by the British fleet. Source: Norway 1940, Franois Kersaudy, St. Martin's Press, 1987.
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