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Hornafjörður

Harneforth; Horne; Horne fort; Hornefiorde; Horneforde; Hornefordt; Hornne

Region/Country: Region/Land: Eastern Iceland, Iceland

A small lagoon in south eastern Iceland, in use as a trading place by merchants from Bremen and Hamburg in the 16th century.

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1583, March 20

Klingstrup

Governour Johan Bockholt of Iceland to Bremen: explains that he has asked the Bremen and Hamburg merchants who have a conflict about the harbours Ost- and Horneforde to appear at the next Althing, because they both claim to have a valid license for the place.

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1599, August 24

Skriðuklaustur

Jacob Winock, sheriff of Skriðuklaustur and Múlasýsla, to Augustinus Erich, secretary of the Danish German chancery: states how Jochim Focke has received a license for the harbour Horne- and Ostforde in Iceland, which is already in use by Friedrich Tilebare from Bremen. Therefore, the German chancery should inform about the matter.

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