The bridge was built by German occupiers during WW2 to gain access to the fort which is further out.
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The first church in the town of Grimstad was built in 1849 on a prominent hill overlooking the harbour. That church was not very large, so it was quickly outgrown by the town. Originally, there was a cemetery surrounding the church, but just like the original church, it quickly filled up and it is no longer used. A new cemetery was opened in Frivoll in 1872 and it has been in use since that time. In 1881, the church building was disassembled and moved to the nearby parish of Nedenes and it was rebuilt to become the Engene Church (in present-day Arendal).
A new, much larger church was built in Grimstad and it was consecrated on 7 April 1881. wikipedia
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The municipality is centered around the little maritime town of Grimstad which is surrounded by many small islands (Skjærgård). There is a harbor, a long pedestrian shopping street, a small market square, Grimstad Church, and a museum dedicated to the early life of Henrik Ibsen, who served as an apprentice to Grimstad’s local pharmacist Reimann, from 1844 to 1847, before leaving Grimstad in 1850. Ibsen's intimate knowledge of the local people and surroundings can be seen in his poem Terje Vigen.[2] The majority of the inhabitants live in and around the town, while the rest of the municipality is rural and heavily forested.
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Grimstad is a town in Grimstad municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The town is also the administrative centre of the municipality. It is located on the Skaggerak coast in Southern Norway along the Groosefjorden, between the towns of Arendal (to the northeast) and Kristiansand (to the southwest). The 9.41-square-kilometre town has a population (2016) of 12,552 .
Grimstad Church is located on a small hill overlooking the town's harbour. The University of Agder is located in the town as well.
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