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Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
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ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
The small village of Nefyn, on the isolated north coast of the Llyn Peninsula, has a long, sandy bay, sheltered by the beautiful Nefyn Headland, and backed by steep slopes.
Nefyn Beach itself is something of a hidden gem, known for its clear blue waters along with stunning views of the bay, and the distant three peaks of The Rival Mountains (Yr Eifl) to the east.
The beach is predominantly sandy, with some pebbles and a number of picturesque, whitewashed cottages which huddle towards the western end of the bay.
There are some good rock pools to be found at low tide towards the headland. The beach also features a number of beach huts and can be an excellent destination for bathing and sunbathing in fine weather.
Access to the beach from the village is down Lon Y Traeth, a steep track, at the end of which is a car park with public toilets.
The Llyn Coastal Path heads west from the car park.
Nefyn is both a small town and a community on the northwest coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales. Nefyn is popular with visitors for its sandy beach, and has one substantial hotel, a community pub and a beach cafe. The A497 road terminates in the town centre.
The community includes Edern and Morfa Nefyn. In 2011, the population was 2,602, with Nefyn itself having 1,373 people.
The history of the area can be traced back to 300 BC with the Iron Age hillfort of Garn Boduan overlooking Nefyn. The remains of 170 round stone huts and ramparts are still visible on top of the 917 feet (280 m) hill.
The earliest known reference to Nefyn in documents dates from the latter part of the 11th century, when it is mentioned as a landing place of the Welsh prince, Gruffudd ap Cynan.
Gerald of Wales, writing in his account of a journey around Wales in 1188, says that he slept at Nefyn on the eve of Palm Sunday.
Nefyn was the location of the court of the commote of Dinlaen: part of the cantref of Llŷn.
Edward I of England held a jousting tournament in the town in 1284 to celebrate his victory over the Welsh, emphasising its importance at that time as a trading town. In 1355, it became a free borough and remained an important centre of commerce.
The sea was always an important part of the economy of Nefyn; and fishing, particularly for herring, became the prime trade for most of the 18th and 19th centuries: so much so that the town's coat of arms bears three herrings. Herring were locally referred to as "Nefyn beef". In 1910, Nefyn had 40 herring fishing boats, but herring fishing ceased around the time of the First World War. The area nurtured many ships' captains in the age of sail, and shipbuilding was also an important local industry. About 3 miles to the south-west is Madryn Castle, home of Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet, one of the founders of the settlement of Puerto Madryn in Argentina.
The foundations of the old St Mary's parish church date from the 6th century, although the present building was erected in 1827. It would have been an important staging post for pilgrimages to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island). The old church is no longer a place of worship but houses a museum dedicated to the maritime history of Nefyn. Since 2013, archaeologists have been investigating the area under the church and have uncovered a 13th–14th century brooch and the remains of a lady buried sometime between 1180 and 1250 in an older form of entombment called a cist grave.
The place name is of uncertain origin. It is recorded as Newin in 1291, and as Nefyn in 1291. It may represent a personal name.
The Romans recorded a tribe occupying the peninsula called the 'Gangani', who are also recorded as a tribe in Ireland.
Nefyn & District Golf Club was formed in 1907. The course added a further 9 holes in 1912 and a third set of 9 holes in 1933. The current course is made up of a front ten with a choice of two back eights. It is set high on the sea cliffs of the narrow peninsula overlooking Porthdinllaen bay.
Since 1929, Nefyn has played host to a Beach Mission, which runs for two weeks at the beginning of August each year.[8]
Nefyn football club, Nefyn United F.C., was formed in 1932 and has enjoyed some success over the years, winning numerous league titles. At present, the senior team competes in the Welsh Alliance League: it was promoted from the Gwynedd League in 2005–06.
During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force built a Chain Home radar station to the south-west of Nefyn.
In 1977, the Llŷn Maritime Museum was opened in the Church of St Mary by a group of volunteers. It closed in 2000 on grounds of health and safety, but was redeveloped from 2007 and reopened in 2014.
The area has a history of earth tremors and landslides. A tremor in the area on 12 December 1940 was reported by the Cambrian News as having caused two fatalities including John Thomas of Nefyn who died of a heart attack. On 19 July 1984, an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale had an epicentre near Nefyn. This was one of the strongest tremors recorded in Britain in recent times but caused little structural damage. A fatal landslide occurred at Y Lôn Gam on 2 January 2001. On 19 April 2021, a landslide resulted in a cliff collapse, which affected gardens in Rhodfa'r Môr, but there were no casualties. A further landslide on 29 October 2021 blocked vehicular access to the beach at Y Lôn Gam and the adjacent cliff path was closed.
Nefyn is twinned with Puerto Madryn, a town in Chubut Province in Argentina (see Welsh settlement in Argentina).
According to the 2011 Census, Nefyn is the community with the 28th highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales. 74.2% of residents aged three and over reported being able to speak Welsh in the 2011 Census, as compared to 77.9% reporting being able to do so in the 2001 Census.
There are two Nefyn electoral wards (Nefyn and Morfa Nefyn).[18] The population of Nefyn Ward at the 2011 census was 1,373.
Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The city of Bangor is the largest settlement, and the administrative centre is Caernarfon. The preserved county of Gwynedd, which is used for ceremonial purposes, includes the Isle of Anglesey.
Gwynedd is the second largest county in Wales but sparsely populated, with an area of 979 square miles (2,540 km2) and a population of 117,400. After Bangor (18,322), the largest settlements are Caernarfon (9,852), Bethesda (4,735), and Pwllheli (4,076). The county has the highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales, at 64.4%, and is considered a heartland of the language.
The geography of Gwynedd is mountainous, with a long coastline to the west. Much of the county is covered by Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), which contains Wales's highest mountain, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa; 3,560 feet, 1,090 m). To the west, the Llŷn Peninsula is flatter and renowned for its scenic coastline, part of which is protected by the Llŷn AONB. Gwynedd also contains several of Wales's largest lakes and reservoirs, including the largest, Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid).
The area which is now the county has played a prominent part in the history of Wales. It formed part of the core of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and the native Principality of Wales, which under the House of Aberffraw remained independent from the Kingdom of England until Edward I's conquest between 1277 and 1283. Edward built the castles at Caernarfon and Harlech, which form part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site. During the Industrial Revolution the slate industry rapidly developed; in the late nineteenth century the neighbouring Penrhyn and Dinorwic quarries were the largest in the world, and the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales is now a World Heritage Site. Gwynedd covers the majority of the historic counties of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire.
In the past, historians such as J. E. Lloyd assumed that the Celtic source of the word Gwynedd meant 'collection of tribes' – the same root as the Irish fine, meaning 'tribe'. Further, a connection is recognised between the name and the Irish Féni, an early ethnonym for the Irish themselves, related to fían, 'company of hunting and fighting men, company of warriors under a leader'. Perhaps *u̯en-, u̯enə ('strive, hope, wish') is the Indo-European stem. The Irish settled in NW Wales, and in Dyfed, at the end of the Roman era. Venedotia was the Latin form, and in Penmachno there is a memorial stone from c. AD 500 which reads: Cantiori Hic Iacit Venedotis ('Here lies Cantiorix, citizen of Gwynedd'). The name was retained by the Brythons when the kingdom of Gwynedd was formed in the 5th century, and it remained until the invasion of Edward I. This historical name was revived when the new county was formed in 1974.
Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th century, when it was conquered by England. The modern Gwynedd was one of eight Welsh counties created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the entirety of the historic counties of Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, and all of Merionethshire apart from Edeirnion Rural District (which went to Clwyd); and also a few parishes of Denbighshire: Llanrwst, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Eglwysbach, Llanddoged, Llanrwst and Tir Ifan.
The county was divided into five districts: Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and Anglesey.
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished the 1974 county (and the five districts) on 1 April 1996, and its area was divided: the Isle of Anglesey became an independent unitary authority, and Aberconwy (which included the former Denbighshire parishes) passed to the new Conwy County Borough. The remainder of the county was constituted as a principal area, with the name Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, as it covers most of the areas of those two historic counties. As one of its first actions, the Council renamed itself Gwynedd on 2 April 1996. The present Gwynedd local government area is governed by Gwynedd Council. As a unitary authority, the modern entity no longer has any districts, but Arfon, Dwyfor and Meirionnydd remain as area committees.
The pre-1996 boundaries were retained as a preserved county for a few purposes such as the Lieutenancy. In 2003, the boundary with Clwyd was adjusted to match the modern local government boundary, so that the preserved county now covers the two local government areas of Gwynedd and Anglesey. Conwy county borough is now entirely within Clwyd.
A Gwynedd Constabulary was formed in 1950 by the merger of the Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire forces. A further amalgamation took place in the 1960s when Gwynedd Constabulary was merged with the Flintshire and Denbighshire county forces, retaining the name Gwynedd. In one proposal for local government reform in Wales, Gwynedd had been proposed as a name for a local authority covering all of north Wales, but the scheme as enacted divided this area between Gwynedd and Clwyd. To prevent confusion, the Gwynedd Constabulary was therefore renamed the North Wales Police.
The Snowdonia National Park was formed in 1951. After the 1974 local authority reorganisation, the park fell entirely within the boundaries of Gwynedd, and was run as a department of Gwynedd County Council. After the 1996 local government reorganisation, part of the park fell under Conwy County Borough, and the park's administration separated from the Gwynedd council. Gwynedd Council still appoints nine of the eighteen members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority; Conwy County Borough Council appoints three; and the Welsh Government appoints the remaining six.
There has been considerable inwards migration to Gwynedd, particularly from England. According to the 2021 census, 66.6% of residents had been born in Wales whilst 27.1% were born in England.
The county has a mixed economy. An important part of the economy is based on tourism: many visitors are attracted by the many beaches and the mountains. A significant part of the county lies within the Snowdonia National Park, which extends from the north coast down to the district of Meirionnydd in the south. But tourism provides seasonal employment and thus there is a shortage of jobs in the winter.
Agriculture is less important than in the past, especially in terms of the number of people who earn their living on the land, but it remains an important element of the economy.
The most important of the traditional industries is the slate industry, but these days only a small percentage of workers earn their living in the slate quarries.
Industries which have developed more recently include TV and sound studios: the record company Sain has its HQ in the county.
The education sector is also very important for the local economy, including Bangor University and Further Education colleges, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor and Coleg Menai, both now part of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.
The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census who said they could speak Welsh.
Gwynedd has the highest proportion of people in Wales who can speak Welsh. According to the 2021 census, 64.4% of the population aged three and over stated that they could speak Welsh,[7] while 64.4% noted that they could speak Welsh in the 2011 census.
It is estimated that 83% of the county's Welsh-speakers are fluent, the highest percentage of all counties in Wales.[9] The age group with the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd were those between ages 5–15, of whom 92.3% stated that they could speak Welsh in 2011.
The proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd declined between 1991 and 2001,[10] from 72.1% to 68.7%, even though the proportion of Welsh speakers in Wales as a whole increased during that decade to 20.5%.
The Annual Population Survey estimated that as of March 2023, 77.0% of those in Gwynedd aged three years and above could speak Welsh.
Notable people
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), RAF officer, writer; originated the Welsh Harlequin duck in Criccieth
Sir Dave Brailsford (born 1964), cycling coach; grew up in Deiniolen, near Caernarfon
Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter and actress; born in Bangor, Gwynedd
Edward II of England (1284–1327), born in Caernarfon Castle
Elin Fflur (born 1984), singer-songwriter, TV and radio presenter; went to Bangor University
Bryn Fôn (born 1954), actor and singer-songwriter; born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire.
Wayne Hennessey (born 1987), football goalkeeper with 108 caps for Wales; born in Bangor, Gwynedd
John Jones (c. 1530 – 1598), a Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic priest and martyr; born at Clynnog
Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet (1832–1891), landowner and politician, co-founder of the Y Wladfa settlement in Patagonia
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), archaeologist, army officer and inspiration for Lawrence of Arabia, born in Tremadog
David Lloyd George (1863–1945), statesman and Prime Minister; lived in Llanystumdwy from infancy
Sasha (born 1969), disc jockey, born in Bangor, Gwynedd
Sir Bryn Terfel (born 1965), bass-baritone opera and concert singer from Pant Glas
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978), architect of Portmeirion
Owain Fôn Williams, (born 1987), footballer with 443 club caps; born and raised in Penygroes, Gwynedd.
Hedd Wyn (1887–1917), poet from the village of Trawsfynydd; killed in WWI
Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
Mehr erfahren: www.basecamp.digital/event/basecamp-themenwoche-nachgefra...
ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
Wie gehen Organisationen und Unternehmen der KRITIS mit den neuen Gefahren aus dem Cyberraum um und was sind adäquate Schutzstrategien?
Diese und weitere Fragen diskutierten
- Johann Saathoff, Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär, Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat
- Prof. Dr. Haya Shulman, Leiterin Abteilung Cybersecurity Analytics and Defences, Fraunhofer-Institut
- Sabine Griebsch, CDO, Landkreis Anhalt-Bitterfeld
- Peter-Michael Kessow, Geschäftsführer, G4C German Competence Center against Cyber Crime e.V.
Moderation: Heinz Kreuter, Mitglied des erweiterten Präsidiums, Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V.
Mehr erfahren: www.basecamp.digital/event/basecamp-themenwoche-cybersich...
ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
The small village of Nefyn, on the isolated north coast of the Llyn Peninsula, has a long, sandy bay, sheltered by the beautiful Nefyn Headland, and backed by steep slopes.
Nefyn Beach itself is something of a hidden gem, known for its clear blue waters along with stunning views of the bay, and the distant three peaks of The Rival Mountains (Yr Eifl) to the east.
The beach is predominantly sandy, with some pebbles and a number of picturesque, whitewashed cottages which huddle towards the western end of the bay.
There are some good rock pools to be found at low tide towards the headland. The beach also features a number of beach huts and can be an excellent destination for bathing and sunbathing in fine weather.
Access to the beach from the village is down Lon Y Traeth, a steep track, at the end of which is a car park with public toilets.
The Llyn Coastal Path heads west from the car park.
Nefyn is both a small town and a community on the northwest coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales. Nefyn is popular with visitors for its sandy beach, and has one substantial hotel, a community pub and a beach cafe. The A497 road terminates in the town centre.
The community includes Edern and Morfa Nefyn. In 2011, the population was 2,602, with Nefyn itself having 1,373 people.
The history of the area can be traced back to 300 BC with the Iron Age hillfort of Garn Boduan overlooking Nefyn. The remains of 170 round stone huts and ramparts are still visible on top of the 917 feet (280 m) hill.
The earliest known reference to Nefyn in documents dates from the latter part of the 11th century, when it is mentioned as a landing place of the Welsh prince, Gruffudd ap Cynan.
Gerald of Wales, writing in his account of a journey around Wales in 1188, says that he slept at Nefyn on the eve of Palm Sunday.
Nefyn was the location of the court of the commote of Dinlaen: part of the cantref of Llŷn.
Edward I of England held a jousting tournament in the town in 1284 to celebrate his victory over the Welsh, emphasising its importance at that time as a trading town. In 1355, it became a free borough and remained an important centre of commerce.
The sea was always an important part of the economy of Nefyn; and fishing, particularly for herring, became the prime trade for most of the 18th and 19th centuries: so much so that the town's coat of arms bears three herrings. Herring were locally referred to as "Nefyn beef". In 1910, Nefyn had 40 herring fishing boats, but herring fishing ceased around the time of the First World War. The area nurtured many ships' captains in the age of sail, and shipbuilding was also an important local industry. About 3 miles to the south-west is Madryn Castle, home of Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet, one of the founders of the settlement of Puerto Madryn in Argentina.
The foundations of the old St Mary's parish church date from the 6th century, although the present building was erected in 1827. It would have been an important staging post for pilgrimages to Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island). The old church is no longer a place of worship but houses a museum dedicated to the maritime history of Nefyn. Since 2013, archaeologists have been investigating the area under the church and have uncovered a 13th–14th century brooch and the remains of a lady buried sometime between 1180 and 1250 in an older form of entombment called a cist grave.
The place name is of uncertain origin. It is recorded as Newin in 1291, and as Nefyn in 1291. It may represent a personal name.
The Romans recorded a tribe occupying the peninsula called the 'Gangani', who are also recorded as a tribe in Ireland.
Nefyn & District Golf Club was formed in 1907. The course added a further 9 holes in 1912 and a third set of 9 holes in 1933. The current course is made up of a front ten with a choice of two back eights. It is set high on the sea cliffs of the narrow peninsula overlooking Porthdinllaen bay.
Since 1929, Nefyn has played host to a Beach Mission, which runs for two weeks at the beginning of August each year.[8]
Nefyn football club, Nefyn United F.C., was formed in 1932 and has enjoyed some success over the years, winning numerous league titles. At present, the senior team competes in the Welsh Alliance League: it was promoted from the Gwynedd League in 2005–06.
During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force built a Chain Home radar station to the south-west of Nefyn.
In 1977, the Llŷn Maritime Museum was opened in the Church of St Mary by a group of volunteers. It closed in 2000 on grounds of health and safety, but was redeveloped from 2007 and reopened in 2014.
The area has a history of earth tremors and landslides. A tremor in the area on 12 December 1940 was reported by the Cambrian News as having caused two fatalities including John Thomas of Nefyn who died of a heart attack. On 19 July 1984, an earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale had an epicentre near Nefyn. This was one of the strongest tremors recorded in Britain in recent times but caused little structural damage. A fatal landslide occurred at Y Lôn Gam on 2 January 2001. On 19 April 2021, a landslide resulted in a cliff collapse, which affected gardens in Rhodfa'r Môr, but there were no casualties. A further landslide on 29 October 2021 blocked vehicular access to the beach at Y Lôn Gam and the adjacent cliff path was closed.
Nefyn is twinned with Puerto Madryn, a town in Chubut Province in Argentina (see Welsh settlement in Argentina).
According to the 2011 Census, Nefyn is the community with the 28th highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales. 74.2% of residents aged three and over reported being able to speak Welsh in the 2011 Census, as compared to 77.9% reporting being able to do so in the 2001 Census.
There are two Nefyn electoral wards (Nefyn and Morfa Nefyn).[18] The population of Nefyn Ward at the 2011 census was 1,373.
Gwynedd is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The city of Bangor is the largest settlement, and the administrative centre is Caernarfon. The preserved county of Gwynedd, which is used for ceremonial purposes, includes the Isle of Anglesey.
Gwynedd is the second largest county in Wales but sparsely populated, with an area of 979 square miles (2,540 km2) and a population of 117,400. After Bangor (18,322), the largest settlements are Caernarfon (9,852), Bethesda (4,735), and Pwllheli (4,076). The county has the highest percentage of Welsh speakers in Wales, at 64.4%, and is considered a heartland of the language.
The geography of Gwynedd is mountainous, with a long coastline to the west. Much of the county is covered by Snowdonia National Park (Eryri), which contains Wales's highest mountain, Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa; 3,560 feet, 1,090 m). To the west, the Llŷn Peninsula is flatter and renowned for its scenic coastline, part of which is protected by the Llŷn AONB. Gwynedd also contains several of Wales's largest lakes and reservoirs, including the largest, Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid).
The area which is now the county has played a prominent part in the history of Wales. It formed part of the core of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and the native Principality of Wales, which under the House of Aberffraw remained independent from the Kingdom of England until Edward I's conquest between 1277 and 1283. Edward built the castles at Caernarfon and Harlech, which form part of the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd World Heritage Site. During the Industrial Revolution the slate industry rapidly developed; in the late nineteenth century the neighbouring Penrhyn and Dinorwic quarries were the largest in the world, and the Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales is now a World Heritage Site. Gwynedd covers the majority of the historic counties of Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire.
In the past, historians such as J. E. Lloyd assumed that the Celtic source of the word Gwynedd meant 'collection of tribes' – the same root as the Irish fine, meaning 'tribe'. Further, a connection is recognised between the name and the Irish Féni, an early ethnonym for the Irish themselves, related to fían, 'company of hunting and fighting men, company of warriors under a leader'. Perhaps *u̯en-, u̯enə ('strive, hope, wish') is the Indo-European stem. The Irish settled in NW Wales, and in Dyfed, at the end of the Roman era. Venedotia was the Latin form, and in Penmachno there is a memorial stone from c. AD 500 which reads: Cantiori Hic Iacit Venedotis ('Here lies Cantiorix, citizen of Gwynedd'). The name was retained by the Brythons when the kingdom of Gwynedd was formed in the 5th century, and it remained until the invasion of Edward I. This historical name was revived when the new county was formed in 1974.
Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th century, when it was conquered by England. The modern Gwynedd was one of eight Welsh counties created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered the entirety of the historic counties of Anglesey and Caernarfonshire, and all of Merionethshire apart from Edeirnion Rural District (which went to Clwyd); and also a few parishes of Denbighshire: Llanrwst, Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Eglwysbach, Llanddoged, Llanrwst and Tir Ifan.
The county was divided into five districts: Aberconwy, Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd and Anglesey.
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished the 1974 county (and the five districts) on 1 April 1996, and its area was divided: the Isle of Anglesey became an independent unitary authority, and Aberconwy (which included the former Denbighshire parishes) passed to the new Conwy County Borough. The remainder of the county was constituted as a principal area, with the name Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, as it covers most of the areas of those two historic counties. As one of its first actions, the Council renamed itself Gwynedd on 2 April 1996. The present Gwynedd local government area is governed by Gwynedd Council. As a unitary authority, the modern entity no longer has any districts, but Arfon, Dwyfor and Meirionnydd remain as area committees.
The pre-1996 boundaries were retained as a preserved county for a few purposes such as the Lieutenancy. In 2003, the boundary with Clwyd was adjusted to match the modern local government boundary, so that the preserved county now covers the two local government areas of Gwynedd and Anglesey. Conwy county borough is now entirely within Clwyd.
A Gwynedd Constabulary was formed in 1950 by the merger of the Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire forces. A further amalgamation took place in the 1960s when Gwynedd Constabulary was merged with the Flintshire and Denbighshire county forces, retaining the name Gwynedd. In one proposal for local government reform in Wales, Gwynedd had been proposed as a name for a local authority covering all of north Wales, but the scheme as enacted divided this area between Gwynedd and Clwyd. To prevent confusion, the Gwynedd Constabulary was therefore renamed the North Wales Police.
The Snowdonia National Park was formed in 1951. After the 1974 local authority reorganisation, the park fell entirely within the boundaries of Gwynedd, and was run as a department of Gwynedd County Council. After the 1996 local government reorganisation, part of the park fell under Conwy County Borough, and the park's administration separated from the Gwynedd council. Gwynedd Council still appoints nine of the eighteen members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority; Conwy County Borough Council appoints three; and the Welsh Government appoints the remaining six.
There has been considerable inwards migration to Gwynedd, particularly from England. According to the 2021 census, 66.6% of residents had been born in Wales whilst 27.1% were born in England.
The county has a mixed economy. An important part of the economy is based on tourism: many visitors are attracted by the many beaches and the mountains. A significant part of the county lies within the Snowdonia National Park, which extends from the north coast down to the district of Meirionnydd in the south. But tourism provides seasonal employment and thus there is a shortage of jobs in the winter.
Agriculture is less important than in the past, especially in terms of the number of people who earn their living on the land, but it remains an important element of the economy.
The most important of the traditional industries is the slate industry, but these days only a small percentage of workers earn their living in the slate quarries.
Industries which have developed more recently include TV and sound studios: the record company Sain has its HQ in the county.
The education sector is also very important for the local economy, including Bangor University and Further Education colleges, Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor and Coleg Menai, both now part of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai.
The proportion of respondents in the 2011 census who said they could speak Welsh.
Gwynedd has the highest proportion of people in Wales who can speak Welsh. According to the 2021 census, 64.4% of the population aged three and over stated that they could speak Welsh,[7] while 64.4% noted that they could speak Welsh in the 2011 census.
It is estimated that 83% of the county's Welsh-speakers are fluent, the highest percentage of all counties in Wales.[9] The age group with the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd were those between ages 5–15, of whom 92.3% stated that they could speak Welsh in 2011.
The proportion of Welsh speakers in Gwynedd declined between 1991 and 2001,[10] from 72.1% to 68.7%, even though the proportion of Welsh speakers in Wales as a whole increased during that decade to 20.5%.
The Annual Population Survey estimated that as of March 2023, 77.0% of those in Gwynedd aged three years and above could speak Welsh.
Notable people
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985), RAF officer, writer; originated the Welsh Harlequin duck in Criccieth
Sir Dave Brailsford (born 1964), cycling coach; grew up in Deiniolen, near Caernarfon
Duffy (born 1984), singer, songwriter and actress; born in Bangor, Gwynedd
Edward II of England (1284–1327), born in Caernarfon Castle
Elin Fflur (born 1984), singer-songwriter, TV and radio presenter; went to Bangor University
Bryn Fôn (born 1954), actor and singer-songwriter; born in Llanllyfni, Caernarfonshire.
Wayne Hennessey (born 1987), football goalkeeper with 108 caps for Wales; born in Bangor, Gwynedd
John Jones (c. 1530 – 1598), a Franciscan friar, Roman Catholic priest and martyr; born at Clynnog
Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet (1832–1891), landowner and politician, co-founder of the Y Wladfa settlement in Patagonia
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), archaeologist, army officer and inspiration for Lawrence of Arabia, born in Tremadog
David Lloyd George (1863–1945), statesman and Prime Minister; lived in Llanystumdwy from infancy
Sasha (born 1969), disc jockey, born in Bangor, Gwynedd
Sir Bryn Terfel (born 1965), bass-baritone opera and concert singer from Pant Glas
Sir Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978), architect of Portmeirion
Owain Fôn Williams, (born 1987), footballer with 443 club caps; born and raised in Penygroes, Gwynedd.
Hedd Wyn (1887–1917), poet from the village of Trawsfynydd; killed in WWI
Amsterdam 17-05-2003. Brouwer's Tours, Noordwijk BN-RZ-22 (143), Van Hool T915 Acron. Newin 06/2000 with Weemaes, Kieldrecht (B) as DDZ-468 (98) and returned to Belgium 08/2005, with De Blauwvoet, Balen as TLM-127.
Leyland Olympian with Eastern Coachworks body in Piccadilly Manchester city centre March 1998. Newin 1983 to National Bus Company subsidiary Crosville as fleet number DOG148.
Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
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Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
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Fotos: Henrik Andree
London 06-06-1980. Leicester FUT 242V (242), Dennis Doninator DD120/178 / East Lancs newin January of that year.
Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
Mehr erfahren: www.basecamp.digital/event/basecamp-themenwoche-nachgefra...
ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
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Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
Mehr erfahren: www.basecamp.digital/event/basecamp-themenwoche-nachgefra...
ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
Mehr erfahren: www.basecamp.digital/event/basecamp-themenwoche-nachgefra...
ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
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Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) – dieser Begriff ist derzeit in aller Munde.
Doch was verbirgt sich dahinter? Viele sehen in (selbst-)lernenden Computersystemen einen großen technologischen Fortschritt mit vielfältigen Möglichkeiten für die Wirtschaft und die Gesellschaft.
Jedoch gibt es auch düstere Zukunftsszenarien und Befürchtungen, dass die Technologie unkontrollierbar sei und Maschinen zur Bedrohung für Menschen werden könnten.
Ethische und soziale Fragen stellen sich ebenso.
Die Veranstaltung richtete sich an Seniorinnen und Senioren, die neugierig sind, mehr über KI zu erfahren, oder sich dazu austauschen möchten.
Mit unseren Gästen diskutierten
- Dr. Aljoscha Burchardt, Principal Researcher und stellvertretender Standortsprecher des Deutschen Forschungszentrums für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)
- Ria Hinken, Journalistin und Bloggerin (alterskompetenz.info)
Moderation: Andrea Thilo, Moderatorin und Journalistin
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ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
Im Rahmen der BASECAMP Themenwoche sprachen wir in unserer Oktober Ausgabe von „Nachgefragt!“ am 13.10.2022 mit Rita Schwarzelühr-Sutter, Parlamentarische Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Inneren und für Heimat (BMI).
Moderation: Harald Geywitz, Repräsentant Berlin bei Telefónica Deutschland
Mehr erfahren: www.basecamp.digital/event/basecamp-themenwoche-nachgefra...
ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree
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Das viereinhalbjährige Forschungs- und Praxisprojekt “Medienerziehung im Dialog von Kita und Familie” von Stiftung Digitale Chancen und Stiftung Ravensburger Verlag zeigt Ansätze und Lösungen auf, wie frühkindliche Medienerziehung gelingen kann.
Das Parlamentarische Frühstück steht unter der Schirmherrschaft von MdB Robin Mesarosch (SPD).
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ÜBER DIE BASECAMP THEMENWOCHE:
Vom 10. – 14. Oktober 2022 drehte sich bei uns im BASECAMP alles um das Thema „NewIn…!“.
In dieser Woche haben wir über alles diskutiert, was neu, aufregend und spannend in der bunten Welt der Digitalisierung ist.
Weitere Informationen: www.basecamp.digital/themenwoche-2022/
Fotos: Henrik Andree