Hofstaðapláss

Hofstaðapláss or Hofstaðabyggð is a district in eastern Skagafjörður, Iceland, named after the church site Hofstaður. It belonged to Viðvíkurhreppur before the region's municipalities united to form Skagafjörður County^[1] and it is often considered a part of Viðvíkursveit county. Hofstaðapláss picks up where Blönduhlíð (or Brekknapláss) ends near the Kyrfisá river, between Ytri-Brekkur and Svaðastaðir up to the Gljúfurá river.^[2] To the west, the area extends to the Héraðsvötn, where there the farms Syðri- and Ytri-Hofdalir (Southern and Outer Hofdalir) are, and a little further down below the Héraðsvötn is the highway.^[3]

Above the highway, at its southernmost point, is Svaðastaðir—an area known for a famous horse breed^[4]—which overlooks the road from the south.^[5] A little farther away is Hofsstaðir, which is said to have been where the settler Kollsveinn rammi (“the pungent”) had his temple.^[6] Then there is Hofstaðasel, which despite being a "shieling", was considered a good piece of land.^[7] It was, at once point, a center for district magistrates.